CVE-2016-0978

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8

Description

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 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0964, CVE-2016-0965, CVE-2016-0966, CVE-2016-0967, CVE-2016-0968, CVE-2016-0969, CVE-2016-0970, CVE-2016-0972, CVE-2016-0976, CVE-2016-0977, CVE-2016-0979, CVE-2016-0980, and CVE-2016-0981.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-0978

Assigner
psirt@adobe.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2016-02-10T20:59:26

Last Modified Date
2023-01-30T17:53:35

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-787	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::::	1	OR	11.2.202.559
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	0	OR
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::::	1	OR	18.0.0.326
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.185:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.207:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.226:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.245:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:20.0.0.228:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:20.0.0.235:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:20.0.0.286:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	0	OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	0	OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows::::::::	0	OR
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk::::::::	1	OR	20.0.0.233
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_124::sparc:::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::	0	OR
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	0	OR
cpe:2.3:o:google:android::::::::	0	OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows::::::::	0	OR
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air::::::::	1	OR	20.0.0.233
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	0	OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows::::::::	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
9.3

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.8

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0978
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0978

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:00:02				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:20:25	2016-02-10T20:59Z	2016-02-10T20:59:26	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 08:20:25		2016-12-06T03:06:17	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 08:20:25		Undergoing Analysis	Vulnerability Status	updated
2023-01-30 18:04:55		2023-01-30T17:53:35	CVE Modified Date	updated
2023-01-30 18:04:55	Undergoing Analysis	Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated
2023-01-30 18:04:57			Weakness Enumeration	update
2023-01-30 18:04:58	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	CVSS V2 vector_string	updated
2023-01-30 18:04:58	LOW	MEDIUM	CVSS V2 access_complexity	updated
2023-01-30 18:04:58	10	9.3	CVSS V2 baseScore	updated
2023-01-30 18:04:58	10	8.6	CVSS V2 exploitabilityScore	updated