Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player ActionScript DOM Object Memory Corruption (APSB12-14; CVE-2012-2034)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-274
Date Published:	18 Jun 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 16 April, 2024
Source:	CVE-2012-2034
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R70 R71 R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.235 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.8 and earlier versions for Android 4.x, and Adobe Flash Player 11.1.111.9 and earlier versions for Android 3.x and 2.x Adobe AIR 3.2.0.2070 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Android
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to memory corruption while parsing an Adobe Flash file containing specially crafted ActionScript code. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted Flash file using an affected version of Adobe Flash Player. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of specially crafted Flash files.

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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player ActionScript3 DOM Object Memory Corruption (APSB12-14) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Adobe Products Violation
Attack Information: Adobe Flash Player ActionScript3 DOM Object Memory Corruption (APSB12-14)