CVE-2016-0984
Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
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.
- 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
- 54.82% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 May 2022 · due 15 June 2022
- 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
CISA notes
The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0984
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
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- 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
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0984US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.