CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-0995

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before version 18.0.0.333 and in versions 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.182 on Windows and OS X, as well as before 11.2.202.577 on Linux. A similar vulnerability exists in Adobe AIR and its SDK before version 21.0.0.176.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, posing a serious security threat to the organization's systems.

Recommendation

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

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Original NVD description (English source)

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.333 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.182 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.577 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 21.0.0.176, Adobe AIR SDK before 21.0.0.176, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 21.0.0.176 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0987, CVE-2016-0988, CVE-2016-0990, CVE-2016-0991, CVE-2016-0994, CVE-2016-0996, CVE-2016-0997, CVE-2016-0998, CVE-2016-0999, and CVE-2016-1000.

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