PT-2016-2960 · Adobe+3 · Flash Player+3

Wen Guanxing · Published 2016-12-13 · Updated 2022-11-16 · CVE-2016-7868

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 boundary violation in the RegExp class of the Flash Player platform. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code when a user visits a specially crafted webpage or processes a specially crafted file. The vulnerability is related to alternation functionality in the RegExp class.

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. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the alternation functionality in the RegExp class until a patch is available.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-124

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2445

BDU:2016-02391

BDU:2017-00014

CVE-2016-7868

MGASA-2017-0014

RHSA-2016:2947

RHSA-2016_2947

SUSE-SU-2016:3148-1

ZDI-16-625

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Flash Player

Red Hat

Suse

References · 38

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00014 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0014 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-625 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:3148-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7868 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02391 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7868 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0014.html · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7870 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7875 · Note