Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.621/18.0.0.352/21.0.0.242 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 function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-4161. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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

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-2016-4120, CVE-2016-4160, CVE-2016-4162, and CVE-2016-4163.

The weakness was shared 06/16/2016 by Natalie Silvanovich with Google Project Zero (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-4161 since 04/27/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly 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. 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†). The entries VDB-87174, VDB-87233, VDB-87234 and VDB-87235 are related to this item. 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: 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

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04/27/2016 🔍
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06/16/2016 +31 days 🔍
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06/17/2016 +1 days 🔍
10/17/2024 +3043 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2016:1079
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-4161 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4161
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-88019
SecurityFocus: 90618 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB16-15 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2016 16:48
Updated: 10/17/2024 01:28
Changes: 06/17/2016 16:48 (70), 01/27/2019 16:36 (7), 08/24/2022 10:51 (4), 10/17/2024 01:28 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:F42:103

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