Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.632/18.0.0.366/22.0.0.209 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as very critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4172, CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4179, CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, and CVE-2016-4246.

The weakness was presented 07/13/2016 by Wen Guanxing (Basti) with Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team as APSB16-25 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-4238 since 04/27/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/02/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92309 (openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-2016-870)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370131 (Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB16-29)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.632, 18.0.0.366 or 22.0.0.209 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (92309) and SecurityFocus (BID 91725†). See VDB-89057, VDB-89058, VDB-89059 and VDB-89060 for similar entries.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 92309
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-2016-870)
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OpenVAS ID: 800035
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Security Updates( apsb16-29 )-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.632/18.0.0.366/22.0.0.209

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB16-25
Researcher: Wen Guanxing (Basti)
Organization: Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4238 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 91725 - Adobe Flash Player APSB16-25 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/13/2016 10:45 AM
Updated: 09/02/2022 01:49 PM
Changes: 07/13/2016 10:45 AM (62), 02/23/2019 08:36 AM (21), 09/02/2022 01:49 PM (3)
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Cache ID: 18:4FE:40

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