NVD

CVE-2016-4230 Detail

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4173, CVE-2016-4174, CVE-2016-4222, CVE-2016-4226, CVE-2016-4227, CVE-2016-4228, CVE-2016-4229, CVE-2016-4231, and CVE-2016-4248.

Evaluator Description

CWE-416: Use After Free

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

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: 9.3 HIGH

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138532/Adobe-Flash-MovieClip-Transform-Use-After-Free.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91719	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036280	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=844&q=adobe%20flash	Exploit Mailing List 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
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40311/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-416	Use After Free	NIST

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Change History

9 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis by NIST 1/25/2023 5:03:13 PM

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
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Removed	CVSS V2	NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added	CVSS V2 Metadata		Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Removed	CVSS V2 Metadata	Access Complexity Insufficient Information
Removed	CVSS V3	NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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-416
Removed	CWE	NIST NVD-CWE-Other
Changed	Evaluator Description	<a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>	CWE-416: Use After Free
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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138532/Adobe-Flash-MovieClip-Transform-Use-After-Free.html No Types Assigned	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138532/Adobe-Flash-MovieClip-Transform-Use-After-Free.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91719 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91719 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	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://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=844&q=adobe%20flash No Types Assigned	https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=844&q=adobe%20flash Exploit, Mailing List, 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
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40311/ No Types Assigned	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40311/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

CVE Modified by Adobe Systems Incorporated 11/28/2016 3:16:25 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00016.html [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00017.html [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138532/Adobe-Flash-MovieClip-Transform-Use-After-Free.html [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91719 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=844&q=adobe%20flash [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-03 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-093 [No Types Assigned]

Modified Analysis by NIST 7/14/2016 8:20:39 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:o:microsoft:windows:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:::::::: OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:22.0.0.192::::::: (and previous) Configuration 2 AND OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:18.0.0.360::::esr:::* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:::::::
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CWE		NVD-CWE-Other
Added	Evaluator Description		<a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</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-2016-4230
NVD Published Date:
07/12/2016
NVD Last Modified:
01/25/2023
Source:
Adobe Systems Incorporated

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CVE-2016-4230 Detail

Description

Evaluator 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 11:58:46 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 1/25/2023 5:03:13 PM

CVE Modified by Adobe Systems Incorporated 10/12/2018 6:13:57 PM

CVE Modified by Adobe Systems Incorporated 1/04/2018 9:30:49 PM

CVE Modified by Adobe Systems Incorporated 9/02/2017 9:29:09 PM

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

CVE Modified by Adobe Systems Incorporated 11/28/2016 3:16:25 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 7/14/2016 8:20:39 AM

Initial CVE Analysis 7/13/2016 10:48:05 AM

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