Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.637/18.0.0.382/23.0.0.185 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-6990. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). This affects an unknown part. 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.

The weakness was presented 10/11/2016 by Francis Provencher (Garage4Hackers) with Zero Day Initiative as APSB16-32 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-6990 since 08/23/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/23/2022). 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 94042 (SUSE SLED12 Security Update : flash-playerqemu (SUSE-SU-2016:2512-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370155 (Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB16-32)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.637, 18.0.0.382 or 23.0.0.185 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 Tenable (94042), SecurityFocus (BID 93490†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1036985†). See VDB-92603, VDB-92604, VDB-92605 and VDB-92606 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 94042
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 Security Update : flash-playerqemu (SUSE-SU-2016:2512-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 863837
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Security Updates( apsb16-32 )-MAC OS X
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.637/18.0.0.382/23.0.0.185

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB16-32
Researcher: Francis Provencher (Garage4Hackers)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-6990 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6990
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92613
SecurityFocus: 93490 - Adobe Flash Player APSB16-32 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036985

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/13/2016 09:46
Updated: 09/23/2022 11:21
Changes: 10/13/2016 09:46 (71), 05/08/2019 21:40 (15), 09/23/2022 11:21 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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