National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3799

Overview

Integer overflow in the Verifier::parseExceptionHandlers function in Adobe Flash Player before 10.0.42.34 and Adobe AIR before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SWF file with a large exception_count value that triggers memory corruption, related to "generation of ActionScript exception handlers."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-343A

Name: TA09-343A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-343A.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543857

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543857

External Source: MISC

Name: http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-093/

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-093/

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3456

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3456

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:1658

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1658.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:1657

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1657.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-19.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-19.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023307

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1023307

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023306

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1023306

External Source: XF

Name: flash-air-unspecified-overflow(54635)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54635

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0173

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0173

External Source: BID

Name: 37199

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37199

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20091209 ZDI-09-093: Adobe Flash Player ActionScript Exception Handler Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/508334/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 1021716

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021716.1-1

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 38241

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/38241

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37902

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37902

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37584

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37584

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8208

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8208

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7191

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7191

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 60889

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/60889

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2009:062

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00003.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2010-01-19-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7191

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7191

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8208

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8208