PT-2016-2982 · Adobe+3 · Flash Player+3

Published 2016-10-12 · Updated 2022-11-18 · CVE-2016-6981

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 prior to 18.0.0.382 Adobe Flash Player versions 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 11.2.202.637 on Linux

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability, which involves the use of memory after it has been freed. This can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 18.0.0.382, update to version 18.0.0.382 or later. For Adobe Flash Player versions 19.x through 23.x, update to version 23.0.0.185 or later. For Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 11.2.202.637 on Linux, update to version 11.2.202.637 or later.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2090

ALT-PU-2016-2091

BDU:2016-02414

CVE-2016-6981

MGASA-2016-0346

RHSA-2016:2057

RHSA-2016_2057

SUSE-SU-2016:2512-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Flash Player

Red Hat

Suse

References · 31

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6981 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6981 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02414 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0346.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0346 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2512-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2057.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1004019 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6990 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6983 · Note