“Use-after-free” error in Adobe Flash Player



Published: 2016-09-13 | Updated: 2017-03-03
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2016-4279
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Adobe Flash Player
Client/Desktop applications / Plugins for browsers, ActiveX components

Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release
Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software

Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software

Vendor Adobe

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) “Use-after-free” error

EUVDB-ID: #VU4770

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4279

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to use-after-free when handling a malicious Flash content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code witj privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update Flash Player Desktop Runtime to 23.0.0.162 for Windows, Macintosh and ChromeOS.
Update Flash Player Extended Support Relaese to 18.0.0.375 for Windows and Macintosh.
Update Flash Player to 11.2.202.635 for Linux.

Vulnerable software versions

Adobe Flash Player: 11.2.202.540 - 22.0.0.211

Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release: 18.0.0.268 - 18.0.0.366

Adobe Flash Player for Linux: 11.2.202.621 - 11.2.202.626

External links

http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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