CVE-2007-0071

Description

Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.115.0 and earlier, and 8.0.39.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file with a negative Scene Count value, which passes a signed comparison, is used as an offset of a NULL pointer, and triggers a buffer overflow.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 84.94% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory adobe.com Vendor Advisory adobe.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020114 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29865 third party advisory
http://documents.iss.net/whitepapers/IBM_X-Force_WP_final.pdf broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30507 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29386 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-149A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-11.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1724/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.matasano.com/log/1032/this-new-vulnerability-dowds-inhuman-flash-exploit/ third party advisory
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2008/05/potential_flash_player_issue.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0221.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10379 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-032/ third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1662/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/44282 vdb entry broken link
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4465 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html vendor advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00006.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28695 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29763 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019811 third party advisory vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238305-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-21.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37277 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159523 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-100A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395473 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.iss.net/threats/289.html third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30404 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0071?
CVE-2007-0071 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0071?
To fix CVE-2007-0071, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0071 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0071 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~85% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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