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CVE-2016-0996 Detail

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the setInterval method 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 crafted arguments, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0987, CVE-2016-0988, CVE-2016-0990, CVE-2016-0991, CVE-2016-0994, CVE-2016-0995, CVE-2016-0997, CVE-2016-0998, CVE-2016-0999, and CVE-2016-1000.


Evaluator Description

CWE-416: Use After Free

Metrics

 
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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00022.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00023.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00024.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00032.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84312 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035251 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-193/ Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-08.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-0996
NVD Published Date:
03/12/2016
NVD Last Modified:
12/20/2022
Source:
Adobe Systems Incorporated