CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-0973

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability in the URLRequest object implementation in Adobe Flash Player before version 18.0.0.329 and in 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X, as well as before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, and in Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to remote code execution, posing a significant security threat to organizational systems.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR to the latest versions to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Use-after-free vulnerability in the URLRequest object implementation 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 a URLLoader.load call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983, and CVE-2016-0984.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS