PT-2016-2955 · Adobe+3 · Flash Player+3

Published 2016-12-14 · Updated 2022-11-16 · CVE-2016-7873

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier Adobe Flash Player versions 11.2.202.644 and earlier

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the memory, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption. This is related to the ad policy functionality method in the PSDK class of the Flash Player platform.

Recommendations For Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, update to a version later than 23.0.0.207 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Flash Player versions 11.2.202.644 and earlier, update to a version later than 11.2.202.644 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2445

BDU:2016-02386

BDU:2017-00026

CVE-2016-7873

MGASA-2017-0014

RHSA-2016:2947

RHSA-2016_2947

SUSE-SU-2016:3148-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Flash Player

Red Hat

Suse

References · 36

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7873 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02386 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0014 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7873 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0014.html · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00026 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:3148-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7870 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7875 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7869 · Note