CVE-2016-0971
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 33.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-02-10 20:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 22:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-12-22
- Assigning CNA
- adobe
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- af56a233f5b6b09191bab92275e9e14b166f60e758ffd9569662b4228faad478
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0400http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html
- www.exploit-db.com39465https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39465/
- www.securitytracker.com1034970http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201603-07https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0166http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0415http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0412http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html
- helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0398http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- flashplugin-nonfree Fixed in 11.2.202.569ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.