Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.643/23.0.0.205 use after free

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.643/23.0.0.205 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.205 and earlier, 11.2.202.643 and earlier have an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

The weakness was published 11/08/2016 by bo13oy with Zero Day Initiative as APSB16-37 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-7858 since 09/09/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/29/2022). 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 94642 (MS16-141: Security Update for Adobe Flash Player (3202790)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370212 (Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB16-37)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.644 or 23.0.0.207 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (94642) and SecurityFocus (BID 94153†). Similar entries are available at VDB-93349, VDB-93351, VDB-93352 and VDB-93353. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 94642
Nessus Name: MS16-141: Security Update for Adobe Flash Player (3202790)
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OpenVAS ID: 19474
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Security Updates(apsb16-37) - Linux
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.644/23.0.0.207

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB16-37
Researcher: bo13oy
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7858 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7858
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93350

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SecurityFocus: 94153 - Adobe Flash Player APSB16-37 Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1037240

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/09/2016 08:05 AM
Updated: 09/29/2022 04:29 PM
Changes: 11/09/2016 08:05 AM (71), 05/27/2019 04:50 PM (14), 09/29/2022 04:29 PM (3)
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