CVE-2016-0971

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Publication date:

10/02/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow 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 via unspecified vectors.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::::		11.2.202.559 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime::::::::		20.0.0.286 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:::::esr:::*		18.0.0.326 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::internet_explorer::*		20.0.0.272 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::chrome::*		20.0.0.286 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::::		11.2.202.559 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime::::::::		20.0.0.286 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:::::esr:::*		18.0.0.326 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::internet_explorer::*		20.0.0.272 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::chrome::*		20.0.0.286 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*

CVE-2016-0971

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools