CVE-2016-0984
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Use-after-free · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
8.8CVSS HIGH exploited
Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
Added to KEV 2022-05-25. US federal agencies must patch by 2022-06-15.
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, and CVE-2016-0983.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)55%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.htmlPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07Advisory