UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8438
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Summary:
Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.204, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.204, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.204 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XML object that is mishandled during a toString call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8446.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8438, https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-32.html, http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-605, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8438
Affected packages
Package
Name: flashplugin-nonfree
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
