What is CVE-2016-0971?

CVE-2016-0971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air Desktop Runtime, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-02-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-0971?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Air Desktop Runtime

CVE-2016-0971

Heap-based buffer overflow in 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 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.349 (98.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_SUSE)
psirt@adobe.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
psirt@adobe.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link)
psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_SUSE)
psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_SUSE)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_SUSE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0971?: CVE-2016-0971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air Desktop Runtime, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-02-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-0971?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.