NVD

CVE-2016-4223 Detail

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4224 and CVE-2016-4225.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 8.8 HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00016.html	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00017.html	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91718	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036280	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-424	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423	Third Party Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-093	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-25.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-03	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-843	Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')	NIST

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Change History

8 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis by NIST 1/26/2023 8:49:58 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		AND OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::::* versions up to (including) 11.2.202.626 OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
Added	CPE Configuration		AND OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::chrome:: versions up to (including) 22.0.0.192 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
Added	CPE Configuration		AND OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::edge:: versions up to (including) 22.0.0.192 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::internet_explorer:: versions up to (including) 22.0.0.192 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
Added	CPE Configuration		AND OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:::::esr::: versions up to (including) 18.0.0.360 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
Added	CPE Configuration		AND OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime::::::::* versions up to (including) 22.0.0.192 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
Removed	CPE Configuration	AND OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::::* versions up to (including) 11.2.202.626 OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Removed	CPE Configuration	AND OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::chrome:: versions up to (including) 22.0.0.192 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows::::::::
Removed	CPE Configuration	AND OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:::::esr::: versions up to (including) 18.0.0.360 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows::::::::
Removed	CPE Configuration	AND OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:::::::: OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::::* versions up to (including) 22.0.0.192
Removed	CPE Configuration	AND OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:::::::: OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::edge:: versions up to (including) 22.0.0.192 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::internet_explorer:: versions up to (including) 22.0.0.192
Removed	CPE Configuration	AND OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:::::::: OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::internet_explorer:: versions up to (including) 22.0.0.192
Removed	CVSS V3	NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-843
Removed	CWE	NIST NVD-CWE-Other
Removed	Evaluator Description	<a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/843.html">CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')</a>
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00016.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00016.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00017.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00017.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91718 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91718 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036280 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036280 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-424 No Types Assigned	http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-424 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423 No Types Assigned	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-093 No Types Assigned	https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-093 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-03 No Types Assigned	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-03 Third Party Advisory

Modified Analysis by NIST 7/14/2016 8:24:09 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 1592 characters. View Entire Change Record Configuration 1 AND OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.626::::::: (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Configuration 2 AND OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:::::::: OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:22.0.0.192:::::internet_explorer::* (and previous) cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:22.0.0.192:::::edge::* (and previous)
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CWE		NVD-CWE-Other
Added	Evaluator Description		<a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/843.html">CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')</a>
Changed	Reference Type	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-25.html No Types Assigned	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-25.html Advisory, Patch

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-4223
NVD Published Date:
07/12/2016
NVD Last Modified:
01/26/2023
Source:
Adobe Systems Incorporated

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CVE-2016-4223 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by Adobe Systems Incorporated 5/13/2024 11:58:45 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 1/26/2023 8:49:58 AM

CVE Modified by Adobe Systems Incorporated 10/12/2018 6:13:49 PM

CVE Modified by Adobe Systems Incorporated 1/04/2018 9:30:48 PM

CVE Modified by Adobe Systems Incorporated 8/31/2017 9:29:21 PM

CVE Modified by Adobe Systems Incorporated 11/28/2016 3:16:18 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 7/14/2016 8:24:09 AM

Initial CVE Analysis 7/13/2016 10:22:36 AM

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