Adobe Flash Player up to 21.0.0.242 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 21.0.0.242. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-4120. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 21.0.0.242 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected is some 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. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.352 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.242 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.621 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1096, CVE-2016-1098, CVE-2016-1099, CVE-2016-1100, CVE-2016-1102, CVE-2016-1104, CVE-2016-4109, CVE-2016-4111, CVE-2016-4112, CVE-2016-4113, CVE-2016-4114, CVE-2016-4115, CVE-2016-4160, CVE-2016-4161, CVE-2016-4162, and CVE-2016-4163.

The weakness was presented 06/16/2016 by Natalie Silvanovich with Google Project Zero as MS16-083 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-4120 since 04/27/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91163 (Adobe Flash Player <= 21.0.0.226 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-15)), 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 120098 (Adobe Flash Player and AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSA16-02) (APSB16-15)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.621, 18.0.0.352 or 21.0.0.242 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS16-083 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. 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 (91163) and SecurityFocus (BID 90618†). See VDB-87174, VDB-87233, VDB-87234 and VDB-87235 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 91163
Nessus Name: Adobe Flash Player <= 21.0.0.226 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-15)
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OpenVAS ID: 867042
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Security Updates( apsa16-02 )-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.621/18.0.0.352/21.0.0.242
Patch: MS16-083

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: MS16-083
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4120 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4120
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87978
SecurityFocus: 90618 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB16-15 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2016 16:42
Updated: 10/16/2024 23:42
Changes: 06/17/2016 16:42 (75), 01/27/2019 16:35 (7), 10/16/2024 23:42 (19)
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Cache ID: 216:05A:103

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