Sid 1-49655

Message

FILE-FLASH Adobe Flash Player PCRE control character denial of service attempt

Summary

This event is generated when an possible denial of service attempt from an Adobe Flash Player pcre control character is detected.

Impact

Detection of a Denial of Service Attack

CVE-2015-0318:

CVSS base score 10.0

CVSS impact score 10.0

CVSS exploitability score 10.0

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Detailed information

CVE-2015-0318: Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0314, CVE-2015-0316, CVE-2015-0321, CVE-2015-0329, and CVE-2015-0330.

Affected systems

• adobe flash_player 11.2.202.440
• adobe flash_player 13.0.0.264
• adobe flash_player 14.0.0.125
• adobe flash_player 14.0.0.145
• adobe flash_player 14.0.0.176
• adobe flash_player 14.0.0.179
• adobe flash_player 15.0.0.152
• adobe flash_player 15.0.0.167
• adobe flash_player 15.0.0.189
• adobe flash_player 15.0.0.223
• adobe flash_player 15.0.0.239
• adobe flash_player 15.0.0.246
• adobe flash_player 16.0.0.235
• adobe flash_player 16.0.0.257
• adobe flash_player 16.0.0.287
• adobe flash_player 16.0.0.296

Ease of attack

CVE-2015-0318:

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

False positives

False negatives

Corrective action

Contributors

• Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Additional References

• helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-04.html