NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package adobe-flashplugin  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-ADOBEFLASHPLUGIN-1018896
  • published16 Oct 2020
  • disclosed14 Oct 2020

Introduced: 14 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-9746  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream adobe-flashplugin package and not the adobe-flashplugin package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Adobe Flash Player version 32.0.0.433 (and earlier) are affected by an exploitable NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that could result in a crash and arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to insert malicious strings in an HTTP response that is by default delivered over TLS/SSL.