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CVE-2016-4279

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
6.0%
percentile 93%
Public exploits
0
none known

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4272, CVE-2016-6921, CVE-2016-6923, CVE-2016-6925, CVE-2016-6926, CVE-2016-6927, CVE-2016-6929, CVE-2016-6930, CVE-2016-6931, and CVE-2016-6932.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

6.04% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.18.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201610-10 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • helpx.adobe.com /security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-1865.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/92927 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036791 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

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