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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2016-0971 EUVD-2016-0981GHSA-xgf9-9fpj-mv3c

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.…

Published Feb 10, 2016 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by adobe

Package: flashplugin-nonfree Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.569ubuntu0.14.04.1 —

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 6 flash-plugin 11.2.202.569-1.el6_7 RHSA-2016:0166
RHEL 5 flash-plugin 11.2.202.569-1.el5 RHSA-2016:0166

SUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP1 flash-player 11.2.202.569-120.1 SUSE-SU-2016:0398-1
SLES 12 flash-player 11.2.202.569-120.1 SUSE-SU-2016:0398-1
SLES 11 SP4 flash-player 11.2.202.569-0.35.1 SUSE-SU-2016:0400-1

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 3

References