Integer overflow in Adobe products - CVE-2016-1010

 

Integer overflow in Adobe products - CVE-2016-1010

Published: March 10, 2016 / Updated: May 25, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU4644
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1010
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

Vulnerability details

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

The weakness exists due to integer overflow. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Affected software

Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Microsoft Windows
Windows Server

How to mitigate CVE-2016-1010

Install update from vendor's website.


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