Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Out-of-bounds read (APSB18-39: CVE-2018-15978)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2018-1070
Date Published: 13 Nov 2018
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 13 November, 2018
Source: Adobe APSB18-39
Industry Reference:CVE-2018-15978
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime for Windows 31.0.0.110
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime for Macintosh 31.0.0.110
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime for Linux 31.0.0.110
Adobe Flash Player Google Chrome Plugin for Windows 31.0.0.110
Adobe Flash Player Google Chrome Plugin for Macintosh 31.0.0.110
Adobe Flash Player Google Chrome Plugin for Linux 31.0.0.110
Adobe Flash Player Google Chrome Plugin for ChromeOS 31.0.0.110
Adobe Flash Player Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 Plugin for Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 31.0.0.110
Vulnerability Description A out of bounds read vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: APSB18-39

Protection Overview

This protection detects 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 read (APSB18-39: CVE-2018-15978) 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 read (APSB18-39: CVE-2018-15978)

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