SB2016091407 - Memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player
Published: September 14, 2016 Updated: March 20, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016091407
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4276)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.