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CVE-2016-1016

HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Use-after-free
8.8CVSS HIGH

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Transform object implementation in 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 via a flash.geom.Matrix callback, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1011, CVE-2016-1013, CVE-2016-1017, and CVE-2016-1031.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%

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

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-050 ↗