Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Malicious Field Memory Corruption (APSB12-14; CVE-2012-2037)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-272
Date Published: 18 Jun 2012
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 18 June, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-2037
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player. The vulnerability is due to an error in Adobe Flash Player when parsing an SWF file containing a specially crafted field. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted SWF file. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of a specially crafted SWF file.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player Malicious Field Memory Corruption (APSB12-14) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. 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 Malicious Field Memory Corruption (APSB12-14)

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