Adobe Flash Player memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2016-1028. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software) (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing. 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. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1012, CVE-2016-1020, CVE-2016-1021, CVE-2016-1022, CVE-2016-1023, CVE-2016-1024, CVE-2016-1025, CVE-2016-1026, CVE-2016-1027, CVE-2016-1029, CVE-2016-1032, and CVE-2016-1033.

The weakness was shared 04/09/2016 by bo13oy with Tencent PC Manager (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.opensuse.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-1028 since 12/22/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/17/2024). 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 90426 (Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 21.0.0.197 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-10)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168792 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for flash-player (SUSE-SU-2016:1305-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (90426), SecurityFocus (BID 85932†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-58019†). The entries VDB-81847, VDB-81848, VDB-81849 and VDB-81850 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 90426
Nessus Name: Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 21.0.0.197 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-10)
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OpenVAS ID: 800035
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Security Updates( apsb16-10 )-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2016:0610
Researcher: bo13oy
Organization: Tencent PC Manager
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CVE: CVE-2016-1028 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1028
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81864
SecurityFocus: 85932 - Adobe Flash Player APSB16-10 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1035509
Vulnerability Center: 58019 - [APSB16-10] Adobe Flash Player and Flash Player ESR Remote Code Execution - CVE-2016-1028, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/09/2016 15:27
Updated: 10/17/2024 03:27
Changes: 04/09/2016 15:27 (66), 02/04/2019 09:49 (15), 07/13/2022 08:04 (4), 10/17/2024 03:27 (16)
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