PT-2016-1488 · Adobe+3 · Flash Player Esr+5

Fujibayashi Kyo · Published 2016-03-10 · Updated 2023-01-19 · CVE-2016-0996

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Flash Player (affected versions not specified) Adobe Flash Player ESR (affected versions not specified) Adobe Integrated Runtime (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the setInterval method of the affected software. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Adobe Flash Player, consider disabling the setInterval method until a patch is available. For Adobe Flash Player ESR, restrict the use of the setInterval function to minimize the risk of exploitation. For Adobe Integrated Runtime, avoid using the setInterval method in sensitive operations until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1216

BDU:2016-00789

CVE-2016-0996

MGASA-2016-0109

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0719-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0734-1

RHSA-2016:0438

RHSA-2016_0438

SUSE-SU-2016:0715-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0716-1

ZDI-16-193

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Flash Player

Flash Player Esr

Integrated Runtime

Red Hat

Suse

References · 53

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:0715-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0996 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:0716-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-193 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00022.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-08.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00032.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00023.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00024.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0996 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00789 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0109.html · Security Note