CVE-2016-6984
published 2016-10-13CVE-2016-6984: Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute…
PriorityP347high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
4.63%
90.7th percentile
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | flash_player | <= 23.0.0.162 | — |
| adobe | flash_player | <= 18.0.0.375 | — |
| adobe | flash_player | <= 11.2.202.635 | — |
| adobe | flash_player_desktop_runtime | <= 23.0.0.162 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_redhat8.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-4f55-7mx5-m3x8: Adobe Flash Player before 18
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6983 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-4f55-7mx5-m3x8: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
GHSA
GHSA-6cqx-6pgx-hrh2: Adobe Flash Player before 18
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-4273 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-6cqx-6pgx-hrh2: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
GHSA
GHSA-92pp-4wxg-pg25: Adobe Flash Player before 18
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6985 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-92pp-4wxg-pg25: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
GHSA
GHSA-j26g-8w7v-894c: Adobe Flash Player before 18
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6984 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-j26g-8w7v-894c: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
GHSA
GHSA-8v99-p42h-x6rx: Adobe Flash Player before 18
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6982 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-8v99-p42h-x6rx: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
GHSA
GHSA-x3mv-j3pj-w9wp: Adobe Flash Player before 18
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6989 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-x3mv-j3pj-w9wp: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, and CVE-2016-6990.
GHSA
GHSA-mp68-mcgr-c9f7: Adobe Flash Player before 18
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6990 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-mp68-mcgr-c9f7: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, and CVE-2016-6989.
GHSA
GHSA-m7x4-mx42-wwrx: Adobe Flash Player before 18
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6986 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-m7x4-mx42-wwrx: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
OSV
CVE-2016-6990: Adobe Flash Player before 18
osv·2016-10-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6990 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6990: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, and CVE-2016-6989.
OSV
CVE-2016-6982: Adobe Flash Player before 18
osv·2016-10-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6982 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6982: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
OSV
CVE-2016-4273: Adobe Flash Player before 18
osv·2016-10-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-4273 [HIGH] CVE-2016-4273: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
OSV
CVE-2016-6985: Adobe Flash Player before 18
osv·2016-10-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6985 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6985: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
OSV
CVE-2016-6983: Adobe Flash Player before 18
osv·2016-10-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6983 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6983: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
OSV
CVE-2016-6984: Adobe Flash Player before 18
osv·2016-10-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6984 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6984: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
OSV
CVE-2016-6989: Adobe Flash Player before 18
osv·2016-10-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6989 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6989: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, and CVE-2016-6990.
OSV
CVE-2016-6986: Adobe Flash Player before 18
osv·2016-10-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6986 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6986: Adobe Flash Player before 18
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
vendor_redhat·2016-10-11·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6986 [HIGH] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
vendor_redhat·2016-10-11·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6989 [HIGH] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, and CVE-2016-6990.
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
vendor_redhat·2016-10-11·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6984 [HIGH] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
vendor_redhat·2016-10-11·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-4273 [HIGH] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
vendor_redhat·2016-10-11·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6990 [HIGH] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, and CVE-2016-6989.
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
vendor_redhat·2016-10-11·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6985 [HIGH] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
vendor_redhat·2016-10-11·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6982 [HIGH] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
vendor_redhat·2016-10-11·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6983 [HIGH] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Unit42
Palo Alto Networks Researcher Discovers Four Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
blogs_unit42·2016-10-20·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6982 [HIGH] Palo Alto Networks Researcher Discovers Four Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
Palo Alto Networks was recently credited with the discovery of four new vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Flash Player.
Researcher Tao Yan discovered critical vulnerabilities CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985 affecting Adobe Flash Player. Descriptions of each, as well as details on affected versions and products, are included in the Adobe Security Bulletin. Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player.
For current customers with a Threat Prevention subscription, Palo Alto Networks has also released IPS signatures providing proactive protection for these vulnerabilities.
Palo Alto Networks is a regular contributor to vulnerability research in Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Android and other ecosystems. By proactively identifying these vulnerabilities, devel
Unit42
Palo Alto Networks Researcher Discovers Four Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
blogs_unit42·2016-10-20·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6982 [HIGH] Palo Alto Networks Researcher Discovers Four Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
Threat Research Center
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Vulnerabilities
## Palo Alto Networks Researcher Discovers Four Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
Ryan Olson
Published: October 20, 2016
Threat Research
Vulnerabilities
Adobe
Adobe Flash Player
Palo Alto Networks was recently credited with the discovery of four new vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Flash Player.
Researcher Tao Yan discovered critical vulnerabilities CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985 affecting Adobe Flash Player. Descriptions of each, as well as details on affected versions and products, are included in the Adobe Security Bulletin . Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player.
For current customers with a Threat Prevention subscription, Palo Alto Networks has also release
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4273 CVE-2016-4286 CVE-2016-6981 CVE-2016-6982 CVE-2016-6983 CVE-2016-6984 CVE-2016-6985 CVE-2016-6986 CVE-2016-6987 CVE-2016-6989 CVE-2016-6990 CVE-2016-6992 flash-plugin: multiple code exec
bugzilla·2016-10-12·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-4273 [HIGH] CVE-2016-4273 CVE-2016-4286 CVE-2016-6981 CVE-2016-6982 CVE-2016-6983 CVE-2016-6984 CVE-2016-6985 CVE-2016-6986 CVE-2016-6987 CVE-2016-6989 CVE-2016-6990 CVE-2016-6992 flash-plugin: multiple code exec
CVE-2016-4273 CVE-2016-4286 CVE-2016-6981 CVE-2016-6982 CVE-2016-6983 CVE-2016-6984 CVE-2016-6985 CVE-2016-6986 CVE-2016-6987 CVE-2016-6989 CVE-2016-6990 CVE-2016-6992 flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
Adobe Security Bulletin APSB16-32 for Adobe Flash Player describes multiple flaws that can possibly lead to code execution when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file.
Quoting from the APSB16-32:
These updates resolve a type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-6992).
These updates resolve use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-6981, CVE-2016-6987).
These updates resolve a security bypass vulnerability (CVE-2016-4286).
These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabiliti
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