“Use-after-free” error in Adobe products - CVE-2016-1031

 

“Use-after-free” error in Adobe products - CVE-2016-1031

Published: February 13, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU5752
CSH Severity: High
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-2016-1031
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The weakness exists due to use-after-free error. 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.

Affected software

Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI
flash-plugin (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2016-1031

Install update from vendor's website.

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

External References

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