HTTP: Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Memory Pointer Handling Arbitrary Code Execution

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Adobe Flash Player. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Extended Description

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.258 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.239 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.424 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

Affected Products

Adobe air_sdk_&_compiler

References

CVE: CVE-2014-8439

Short Name
HTTP:STC:ADOBE:2014-8439-RCE
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
Adobe Arbitrary CVE-2014-8439 Code Dereferenced Execution Flash Handling Memory Player Pointer
Release Date
12/10/2014
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3783
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Adobe

CVSS Score

10.0

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