Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2016-0971 — Out-of-bounds Write in Adobe AIR Desktop Runtime

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
64.5%
top 1.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
5
Adobe AIR Desktop RuntimeAdobe AIR SDKAdobe AIR SDK Compiler+2 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 10
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDadobe/flash_player11.2.202.559+3
▶NVDadobe/air_sdk_compiler20.0.0.233
▶NVDadobe/air_sdk20.0.0.233

Patches

Patch: helpx.adobe.com ↗Patch: helpx.adobe.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-xgf9-9fpj-mv3c: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18↗2022-05-17
▶
CVEList
CVE-2016-0971: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18↗2016-02-10
▶
OSV
CVE-2016-0971: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18↗2016-02-10
▶

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Adobe Flash - ATF Processing Heap Overflow↗2016-02-17
▶

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-04↗2016-02-09
▶

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-04↗2016-02-09
▶
CVE-2016-0971 — Out-of-bounds Write in Adobe | cvebase