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Summary
A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Flash Player. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes use after free. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-0982. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0983, and CVE-2016-0984.
The weakness was disclosed 02/10/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-0982. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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 83118†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56562†). The entries VDB-80899, VDB-80900, VDB-80901 and VDB-80902 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4
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VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Use after freeCWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes
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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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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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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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Timeline
12/22/2015 🔍02/09/2016 🔍
02/10/2016 🔍
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02/11/2016 🔍
10/26/2024 🔍
Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: RHSA-2016:0166
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-0982 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0982
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80917
SecurityFocus: 83118
SecurityTracker: 1034970
Vulnerability Center: 56562 - [MS16-022] Adobe Flash Player within Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge Remote Code Execution - CVE-2016-0982, Critical
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Entry
Created: 02/11/2016 09:06Updated: 10/26/2024 12:22
Changes: 02/11/2016 09:06 (39), 01/27/2018 12:39 (25), 07/08/2022 01:17 (4), 07/08/2022 01:24 (11), 07/08/2022 01:32 (1), 10/26/2024 12:22 (18)
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