Adobe Flash Player memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-0972. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0964, CVE-2016-0965, CVE-2016-0966, CVE-2016-0967, CVE-2016-0968, CVE-2016-0969, CVE-2016-0970, CVE-2016-0976, CVE-2016-0977, CVE-2016-0978, CVE-2016-0979, CVE-2016-0980, and CVE-2016-0981.

The weakness was disclosed 02/10/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-0972. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 88638 (Adobe AIR <= 20.0.0.233 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-04)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100275 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (MS16-022 and KB3135782)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.569, 18.0.0.329, 20.0.0.260 or 20.0.0.306 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (88638), SecurityFocus (BID 83124†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56545†). The entries VDB-80899, VDB-80900, VDB-80901 and VDB-80902 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 88638
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 20.0.0.233 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-04)
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OpenVAS ID: 803456
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Air Multiple Vulnerabilities Feb16 (Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.569/18.0.0.329/20.0.0.260/20.0.0.306
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12/22/2015 🔍
02/09/2016 +49 days 🔍
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02/11/2016 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2016:0166
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-0972 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0972
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80907
SecurityFocus: 83124
SecurityTracker: 1034970
Vulnerability Center: 56545 - [APSB16-04] Adobe Flash Player <20.0.0.306 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2016-0972, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/11/2016 09:05
Updated: 07/07/2022 20:21
Changes: 02/11/2016 09:05 (39), 01/27/2018 12:39 (27), 07/07/2022 20:07 (4), 07/07/2022 20:15 (11), 07/07/2022 20:21 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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