CVE-2016-6987
published 2016-10-13CVE-2016-6987: Use-after-free vulnerability in 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…
PriorityP347high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
5.08%
91.4th percentile
Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6981.
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-72xh-4q4w-qmf4: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6981 [HIGH] CWE-416 GHSA-72xh-4q4w-qmf4: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18
Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6987.
GHSA
GHSA-m9wh-p2wg-7j38: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6987 [HIGH] CWE-416 GHSA-m9wh-p2wg-7j38: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18
Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6981.
OSV
CVE-2016-6987: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18
osv·2016-10-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6987 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6987: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18
Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6981.
OSV
CVE-2016-6981: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18
osv·2016-10-13·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6981 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6981: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18
Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6987.
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
vendor_redhat·2016-10-11·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6981 [HIGH] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6987.
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
vendor_redhat·2016-10-11·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-6987 [HIGH] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32
Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6981.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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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2016-10-13
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