certfr_avis - certfr-2016-avi-364

CERTFR-2016-AVI-364

Vulnerability from certfr_avis

Une vulnérabilité a été corrigée dans Adobe Flash Player. Elle permet à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire à distance.
Adobe indique que cette vulnérabilité est activement exploitée dans le cadre d'attaques ciblées.

Solution

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).

None

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Description
Adobe	N/A	Adobe Flash Player pour Linux versions antérieures à 11.2.202.643 sur Linux
Adobe	N/A	Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime versions antérieures à 23.0.0.205 sur Windows et Macintosh
Adobe	N/A	Adobe Flash Player pour Microsoft Edge et Internet Explorer 11 versions antérieures à 23.0.0.205 sur Windows 10 et 8.1
Adobe	N/A	Adobe Flash Player pour Google Chrome versions antérieures à 23.0.0.205 sur Windows, Macintosh, Linux et Chrome OS

References

Title

Publication Time

CVE-2016-7855 (GCVE-0-2016-7855)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2016-11-01 22:46

Modified

2025-07-30 01:46

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 23.0.0.205 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.643 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in October 2016.

References

URL

Tags

	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
	https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-128	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037111	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-36.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2119.html	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
	https://security.googleblog.com/2016/10/disclosing-vulnerabilities-to-protect.html	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93861	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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