Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Double Free Remote Code Execution (APSB14-07: CVE-2014-0502)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-0931
Date Published: 23 Feb 2014
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Sunday 17 November, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2014-0502
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable? Adobe Flash Player prior to 11.7.700.269 for Windows
Adobe Flash Player from 11.8.800.94 before 12.0.0.70 for Windows and Mac OS
Adobe Flash Player prior to 11.2.202.341 for Linux
Adobe AIR prior to 4.0.0.1628 for Android
Adobe AIR SDK prior to 4.0.0.1628
Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler prior to 4.0.0.1628
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player. The vulnerability is due to a double-free condition when handling specially crafted SWF files. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to take complete control of the affected system.

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, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player Double Free Remote Code Execution (APSB14-07: CVE-2014-0502) 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 Reader Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Flash Player Double Free Remote Code Execution (APSB14-07: CVE-2014-0502)

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