CVE-2016-0974

HIGH

Adobe Flash Player <18.0.0.329, 19.x, 20.x - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983, and CVE-2016-0984.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39463
nomisec WORKING POC 47 stars
by Fullmetal5 · poc
https://github.com/Fullmetal5/FlashHax

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39463/
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.5859
EPSS Percentile 98.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (8)
adobe/air_desktop_runtime < 20.0.0.233
adobe/air_sdk < 20.0.0.233
adobe/air_sdk_\&_compiler < 20.0.0.233
adobe/flash_player < 11.2.202.559
adobe/flash_player < 18.0.0.326
adobe/flash_player < 20.0.0.272 (2 CPE variants)
adobe/flash_player < 20.0.0.286
adobe/flash_player_desktop_runtime < 20.0.0.286
Published Feb 10, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026