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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-0998

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…

HIGH 8.8EPSS 29.6%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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-2016-0987, CVE-2016-0988, CVE-2016-0990, CVE-2016-0991, CVE-2016-0994, CVE-2016-0995, CVE-2016-0996, CVE-2016-0997, 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
29.59% probability · 98th 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

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