CVE-2016-0997

critical-risk
Published 2016-03-12

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-2016-0998, CVE-2016-0999, and CVE-2016-1000.

Do I need to act?

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54.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 45% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
39613
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (10)

Air

Affected Vendors

Adobe Samsung

References (18)

Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00022.html
Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00023.html
Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00024.html
Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00032.html
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84312
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035251
Patch https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-08.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39613/
Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00022.html
Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00023.html
Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00024.html
Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00032.html
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84312
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035251
Patch https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-08.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39613/
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critical-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 25/34 · High
Exposure 16/34 · Moderate