CVE-2016-0998
HIGHEPSS 98th pctlDescription
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 v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00032.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84312
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035251
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-08.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39612/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39631/
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