Memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player

1) Memory corruption

EUVDB-ID: #VU701

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4276

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote unathenticated user to cause arbitrary code execution on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error. After tricking the victim to visit a web page containing crafted Flash content attackers can cause memory corruption and execute arbitary code.

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.