High severity · published Sep 14, 2016
CVE-2016-6931
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…
8.8
CVSS
7.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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-2016-4279, CVE-2016-6921, CVE-2016-6923, CVE-2016-6925, CVE-2016-6926, CVE-2016-6927, CVE-2016-6929, CVE-2016-6930, and CVE-2016-6932.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.4% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FP
Flash Player · Adobe
through 11.2.202.632; through 22.0.0.211; through 22.0.0.211; through 18.0.0.366; through 22.0.0.211 · source: NVD
FP
Flash Player Desktop Runtime · Adobe
through 22.0.0.211 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6931
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6931
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1865.html
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92927
Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036791
Patch
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10
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