Adobe Flash Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2015-0311)
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-0311,APSB15-03,APSA15-01
Advisory Date: JAN 23, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player through 13.0.0.262 and 14.x, 15.x, and 16.x through 16.0.0.287 on Windows and through 11.2.202.438 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2015.
For more details please check TrendLabs Security Intelligence Blog
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/flash-greets-2015-with-new-zero-day/
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Vulnerability Protection in Trend Micro Deep Security protects user systems from threats that may leverage this vulnerability with the following DPI rule:
- 1006460 - Adobe Flash Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SOLUTION
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- adobe flash_player 11.2.202.438
- adobe flash_player 13.0.0.262
- 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
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