Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2015-0113 |
Date Published: | 1 Feb 2015 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Sunday 08 March, 2015 |
Source: | Adobe APSB15-03 |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2015-0312 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.257 and earlier |
Vulnerability Description | A double free memory vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player. The issue occurs while sharing a bytearray between two workers. If one worker calls bytearray.compress() while the other uses that bytearray, the code does not handle the race correctly and leads to double free, which can lead to undefined behavior, usually a system crash. |
Update/Patch Avaliable | Apply patches from: APSB15-03 |
This protection will detect and prevent attacks trying 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.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Adobe Flash Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Flash Player Double Free (APSB15-03: CVE-2015-0312)