CVE-2016-0973
Use-after-free vulnerability in the URLRequest object implementation 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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the URLRequest object implementation 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 a URLLoader.load call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983, and CVE-2016-0984.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.50% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- adobe/flash player · adobe/flash player desktop runtime · adobe/air desktop runtime · adobe/air sdk · adobe/air sdk \& compiler
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 5.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-161/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-161/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.