What is CVE-2016-1001?

CVE-2016-1001 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-1001?

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

Buffer overflow in Adobe Air

CVE-2016-1001

Heap-based buffer overflow 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 SD…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.429 (97.6th 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

openSUSE-SU-2016:0734 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, Broken Link)
1035251 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link)
openSUSE-SU-2016:0719 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, Broken Link)
39609 (Exploit, exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
GLSA-201603-07 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
SUSE-SU-2016:0715 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, Broken Link)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
SUSE-SU-2016:0716 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1001?: CVE-2016-1001 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-1001?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.