Arbitrary Code Execution via Type Confusion in Adobe Flash Player

Arbitrary Code Execution via Type Confusion in Adobe Flash Player

CVE-2015-8439 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The SharedObject object implementation 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 by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion" during a getRemote call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8456.

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