Check Point Advisories

Adobe Shockwave Player Chunk Parsing Uninitialized Object Access (APSB12-13; CVE-2012-2030)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-395
Date Published:	27 Aug 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 23 February, 2025
Source:	CVE-2012-2030
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R70 R71 R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Adobe Systems Shockwave Player 11.6.4.634 and prior
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Shockwave player.
Update/Patch Avaliable	Apply patches from: APSB12-13
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to an error in Adobe Shockwave Player while parsing crafted data inside rcsL RIFF chunk in DIR or DCR files. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted web page containing an embedded malformed DIR or DCR file. Successful exploitation would lead to arbitrary code execution or cause the browser to crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Shockwave Player Chunk Parsing Uninitialized Object Access (APSB12-13) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Adobe Products Violation
Attack Information: Adobe Shockwave Player Chunk Parsing Uninitialized Object Access (APSB12-13)