Adobe Flash Player up to 20.0.0.306 use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.569/18.0.0.329/20.0.0.233/20.0.0.260/20.0.0.306. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-0997. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.569/18.0.0.329/20.0.0.233/20.0.0.260/20.0.0.306 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. 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.

The weakness was disclosed 03/10/2016 by Natalie Silvanovich (AdLab) with Microsoft Vulnerability Research as APSB16-08 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-0997 since 12/21/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 2 weeks after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 89868 (Adobe AIR <= 20.0.0.260 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-08)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168642 (OpenSuSE Security Update for Security Adobe Flash Player (openSUSE-SU-2016:0719-1)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.577, 18.0.0.333, 21.0.0.176 or 21.0.0.182 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 Exploit-DB (39613), Tenable (89868), SecurityFocus (BID 84312†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57199†). The entries VDB-81322, VDB-81323, VDB-81324 and VDB-81325 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.3

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Google Security Research
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Nessus ID: 89868
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 20.0.0.260 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-08)
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OpenVAS ID: 800959
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Air Security Updates-APSB16-08 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.577/18.0.0.333/ 21.0.0.176/21.0.0.182

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12/21/2015 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB16-08
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich (AdLab)
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-0997 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0997
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81332
SecurityFocus: 84312 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB16-08 Multiple Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1035251
Vulnerability Center: 57199 - [APSB16-08] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2016-0997, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2016 13:50
Updated: 02/03/2025 09:55
Changes: 03/11/2016 13:50 (77), 09/02/2018 10:43 (20), 07/10/2022 09:40 (4), 02/03/2025 09:55 (14)
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