Type confusion in Adobe products - CVE-2016-1019

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Type confusion in Adobe products - CVE-2016-1019

Published: April 5, 2016 / Updated: November 20, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU4647
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-2016-1019
CWE-ID: CWE-843
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 type confusion error when handling .swf files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption 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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support
Windows Server
flash-plugin (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2016-1019

Install update from vendor's website.

flash-plugin (Red Hat package) - update to 11.2.202.616-1.el5

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