CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-0959

Use After Free

Published: Jun 27, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Use after free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release before 18.0.0.324, Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player for Internet Explorer 10 and 11 before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player for Linux before 11.2.202.559, AIR Desktop Runtime before 20.0.0.233, AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233, AIR for Android before 20.0.0.233.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Flash_playerAdobe*20.0.0.235 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryRedHatflash-plugin-0:11.2.202.559-1.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryRedHatflash-plugin-0:11.2.202.559-1.el6_7*
Adobe-flashpluginUbuntutrusty*
Adobe-flashpluginUbuntuupstream*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntutrusty*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References