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Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA37214
Release Date: 2009-11-04
Popularity: 1,482 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Adobe Shockwave Player 11.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Shockwave Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

1) An error related to the use of an invalid index can be exploited to potentially execute arbitrary code via specially crafted Shockwave content.

2) An error related to the use of an invalid pointer can be exploited to potentially execute arbitrary code via specially crafted Shockwave content.

3) Another error related to the use an invalid pointer can be exploited to potentially execute arbitrary code via specially crafted Shockwave content.

4) An error when processing string lengths can be exploited to cause a memory corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code.

NOTE: A boundary error which results in a crash was also reported.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 11.5.1.601 and prior.

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