Memory corruption in Adobe products - CVE-2016-1022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU5756

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-2016-1022

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The weakness exists due to boundary 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.

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
Fedora
mupdf
flash-plugin (Red Hat package)

Install update from vendor's website.

mupdf - addressed in versions 1.10a-5.fc25, 1.10a-5.fc26
flash-plugin (Red Hat package) - update to 11.2.202.616-1.el5

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
• Arch Linux update for flashplugin
• OpenSUSE Linux update for flash-player
• SUSE Linux update for flash-player
• Fedora 25 update for mupdf
• Fedora 26 update for mupdf
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary update for flash-plugin