CVE-2016-0983 — Use After Free in Adobe AIR Desktop Runtime

CWE-416 — Use After Free12 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
8.4%
top 7.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Adobe AIR Desktop RuntimeAdobe AIR SDKAdobe AIR SDK Compiler+2 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 10
Latest updateMay 17

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-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, and CVE-2016-0984.

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-x8vc-8rp4-hxjg: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-0983: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18↗2016-02-10
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OSV
CVE-2016-0983: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18↗2016-02-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-04↗2016-02-09
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Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-04↗2016-02-09
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Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-04↗2016-02-09
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Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-04↗2016-02-09
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Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-04↗2016-02-09
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💬Community

2
HackerOne
Adobe Flash Player ASnative(900,1).call(TextField) Use-After-Free Vulnerability↗2019-11-12
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Bugzilla
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-04↗2016-02-09
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