VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-0987

HIGH 8.8EPSS 6.42%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.333 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.182 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.577 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 21.0.0.176, Adobe AIR SDK before 21.0.0.176, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 21.0.0.176 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0988, CVE-2016-0990, CVE-2016-0991, CVE-2016-0994, CVE-2016-0995, CVE-2016-0996, CVE-2016-0997, CVE-2016-0998, CVE-2016-0999, and CVE-2016-1000.

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: 6.42% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-416
Affected: adobe/flash player · adobe/air · adobe/air sdk · samsung/x14j firmware · adobe/flash player desktop runtime · adobe/air desktop runtime · adobe/air sdk \& compiler
Source: psirt@adobe.com

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00022.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00023.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00024.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00032.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84312Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035251Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-08.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00022.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00023.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00024.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00032.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84312Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035251Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-08.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.