Use-after-free vulnerability in the instanceof function 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 by leveraging improper reference handling, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983, and CVE-2016-0984.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash_player | — | adobe-air-upgrade-20-0-0-260adobe-flash-upgrade-11-2-202-569-linuxadobe-flash-upgrade-18-0-0-329-macosxadobe-flash-upgrade-18-0-0-329-windowsadobe-flash-upgrade-20-0-0-306-macosxadobe-flash-upgrade-20-0-0-306-windows | Feb 10, 2016 | Feb 9, 2016 |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-linux-c6-flashpluginfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-f10-flashpluginfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-c6_64-flashplugin | Dec 10, 2025 | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-plugins-adobe-flash | Oct 30, 2017 | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-flash-playersuse-upgrade-flash-player-gnomesuse-upgrade-flash-player-kde4 | Feb 10, 2016 | Feb 10, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-adobe-flashpluginubuntu-upgrade-flashplugin-nonfree | Nov 19, 2024 | Feb 10, 2016 |
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