Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.637/18.0.0.382/23.0.0.185 memory corruption
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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. 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 weakness was disclosed 10/11/2016 by Francis Provencher (Garage4Hackers) with Zero Day Initiative as APSB16-32 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-6989 since 08/23/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/23/2022). 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 94042 (SUSE SLED12 Security Update : flash-playerqemu (SUSE-SU-2016:2512-1)), 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 370155 (Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB16-32)).
Upgrading to version 11.2.202.637, 18.0.0.382 or 23.0.0.185 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (94042). The entries 92603, 92604, 92605 and 92606 are pretty similar.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 94042
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 Security Update : flash-playerqemu (SUSE-SU-2016:2512-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 863837
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Security Updates( apsb16-32 )-MAC OS X
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.637/18.0.0.382/23.0.0.185
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Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB16-32
Researcher: Francis Provencher (Garage4Hackers)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-6989 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036985
SecurityFocus: 93490 - Adobe Flash Player APSB16-32 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 10/13/2016 09:46Updated: 09/23/2022 11:14
Changes: 10/13/2016 09:46 (71), 05/08/2019 21:34 (15), 09/23/2022 11:14 (3)
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