PT-2016-2425 · Adobe+3 · Flash Player+3

Published 2016-07-12 · Updated 2023-01-20 · CVE-2016-4178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 18.0.0.366 Adobe Flash Player versions 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 Adobe Flash Player version before 11.2.202.632 on Linux

Description The issue is related to the lack of protection for internal data in the Flash Player platform. It allows a remote attacker to bypass existing access restrictions or obtain confidential information. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 18.0.0.366, update to version 18.0.0.366 or later. For Adobe Flash Player versions 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209, update to version 22.0.0.209 or later. For Adobe Flash Player version before 11.2.202.632 on Linux, update to version 11.2.202.632 or later.

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1766

BDU:2016-01815

CVE-2016-4178

MGASA-2016-0251

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1795-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1802-1

RHSA-2016:1423

RHSA-2016_1423

SUSE-SU-2016:1826-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Flash Player

Red Hat

Suse

References · 72

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-25.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4178 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01815 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-093 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00016.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4178 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0251.html · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00017.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:1826-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4176 · Note