VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-0997

high
Published 2016-03-12 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.333 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.182 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.577 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 21.0.0.176, Adobe AIR SDK before 21.0.0.176, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 21.0.0.176 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0987, CVE-2016-0988, CVE-2016-0990, CVE-2016-0991, CVE-2016-0994, CVE-2016-0995, CVE-2016-0996, CVE-2016-0998, CVE-2016-0999, and CVE-2016-1000.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-39613 dos windows verified
Google Security Research · 2016-03-23

Adobe Flash - Uninitialized Stack Parameter Access in MovieClip.swapDepths UaF Fix

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact
linux Linux kernel Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
- Not affected —
macos macOS Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
- Not affected —
windows Windows Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
- Not affected —

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
adobe adobeflash_player{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.306"}
adobe adobeair{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.233"}
adobe adobeair_sdk{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.260"}
adobe adobeflash_player_desktop_runtime{"endIncluding":"20.2.2.306"}
adobe adobeair_desktop_runtime{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.260"}
adobe adobeair_sdk_\&_compiler{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.260"}

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.