# CVE-2013-5331: Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.257 and 11.8.x and 11.9.x before 11.9.900.170 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.332 on Linux, A

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2013-12-11 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.257 and 11.8.x and 11.9.x before 11.9.900.170 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.332 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 3.9.0.1380, Adobe AIR SDK before 3.9.0.1380, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 3.9.0.1380 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted .swf content that leverages an unspecified "type confusion," as exploited in the wild in December 2013.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00075.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1818.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00084.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00008.html
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb13-28.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33095
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/adobe_flash_filters_type_confusion.rb

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