Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Out of Bounds Memory Corruption (APSB15-23: CVE-2015-5575)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-1166
Date Published: 7 Oct 2015
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 07 October, 2015
Source: APSB15-23 Adobe
Industry Reference:CVE-2015-5575
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime 18.0.0.232 and earlier
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release 18.0.0.232 and earlier
Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome 18.0.0.233 and earlier
Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 18.0.0.232 and earlier
Adobe Flash Player for Internet Explorer 10 and 11 18.0.0.232 and earlier
Adobe Flash Player for Linux 11.2.202.508 and earlier
AIR Desktop Runtime 18.0.0.199 and earlier
AIR SDK 18.0.0.199 and earlier
AIR SDK & Compiler 18.0.0.180 and earlier
AIR for Android 18.0.0.143 and earlier
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player. The vulnerability is due to an out-of-bounds memory read while handling specially crafted SWF files. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted SWF file. Successful exploitation could cause memory leaks.

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 R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player Out of Bounds Memory Corruption (APSB15-23: CVE-2015-5575) 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 Flash Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Flash Player Out of Bounds Memory Corruption (APSB15-23: CVE-2015-5575)

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