HTTP: Adobe Flash Player NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Corruption

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Adobe Flash Player. A successful attack can lead to a denial of service condition or possible arbitrary code execution.

Extended Description

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.29 and 11.x before 11.4.402.287 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.29 and 11.x before 11.2.202.243 on Linux, before 11.1.111.19 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.20 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.4.0.2710; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.4.0.2710 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than other Flash Player buffer overflow CVEs listed in APSB12-22.

Affected Products

Adobe adobe_air_sdk

References

CVE: CVE-2012-5266

Short Name
HTTP:STC:ADOBE:FLASH-NULL-PTR
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
Adobe CVE-2012-5266 Corruption Dereference Flash Memory NULL Player Pointer
Release Date
11/23/2012
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
3761
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Adobe

CVSS Score

10.0

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