Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player JPEG Parsing Buffer Overflow (APSB22-12; CVE-2012-5267)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-1314
Date Published:	30 Dec 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 24 February, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-5267
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player. The vulnerability is due to a NULL pointer dereference error when parsing specially crafted JPEG files. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted SWF file. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malicious data to the target client.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player JPEG Parsing Buffer Overflow (APSB22-12) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Adobe Products Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Flash Player JPEG parsing buffer overflow (APSB22-12)