CVE-2016-0997 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, and related SDKs across Windows, macOS, and Linux. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-39613) for a related UaF fix exists on ExploitDB, and it garnered notable community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 20.0.0.306CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:* | ||
<= 20.0.0.233CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 20.0.0.260CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
t-ms14jakucb-1102.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:x14j_firmware:t-ms14jakucb-1102.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 11.2.202.569CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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