Use After Free in Adobe Air Desktop Runtime
CVE-2016-0973
Use-after-free vulnerability in the URLRequest object implementation 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 a URLLoader.load call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983, and CVE-2016-0984.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.055 (92.0th 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)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_SUSE)
- psirt@adobe.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link)
- psirt@adobe.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- 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-2016-0973?
- CVE-2016-0973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air Desktop Runtime, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-02-10.
- How severe is CVE-2016-0973?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-0973 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.