Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player

Description

Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code or bypass security restrictions.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities

1. An unknown vulnerability at JIT can be exploited to bypass layout randomization;
2. Type confusion vulnerability can be exploited to execute arbitrary code;
3. Use-after-free vulnerability can be used by malicious users to execute arbitrary code via callback manipulation and other unspecified vector;
4. Memory corruption vulnerability can be exploited to execute arbitrary code;
5. Stack overflow vulnerability can be exploited to execute arbitrary code;
6. An unknown vulnerability at directory search path can be exploited to bypass security restrictions;
7. Unknown vulnerability can be exploited to cause denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code./li>

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Technical details

Vulnerability (1) can lead to ASLR bypass.

Vulnerability (2) can be exploited by overriding NetConnection object properties.

Vulnerability (3) can be exploited by flash.geom.Matrix callback and other unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability (5) can be exploited by using crafted JPEG-XR data.

Vulnerability (6) allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse resource in an unspecified directory.
To update Adobe Flash Player ActiveX (detected as Flash.ocx) on Windows 8 and higher, install latest updates from Control Panel

Original advisories

• Adobe Security Advisory

Exploitation

Public exploits exist for this vulnerability.

Malware exists for this vulnerability. Usually such malware is classified as Exploit. More details.

Related products

• Adobe-Flash-Player-ActiveX
• Adobe-AIR
• Adobe-Flash-Player-NPAPI
• Adobe-Flash-Player-PPAPI

CVE list

• CVE-2016-1013
  critical
• CVE-2016-1014
  high
• CVE-2016-1029
  critical
• CVE-2016-1030
  high
• CVE-2016-1031
  critical
• CVE-2016-1032
  critical
• CVE-2016-1033
  critical
• CVE-2016-1012
  critical
• CVE-2016-1019
  critical
• CVE-2016-1020
  critical
• CVE-2016-1016
  critical
• CVE-2016-1015
  critical
• CVE-2016-1018
  critical
• CVE-2016-1017
  critical
• CVE-2016-1021
  critical
• CVE-2016-1022
  critical
• CVE-2016-1023
  critical
• CVE-2016-1024
  critical
• CVE-2016-1025
  critical
• CVE-2016-1026
  critical
• CVE-2016-1027
  critical
• CVE-2016-1028
  critical
• CVE-2016-1006
  high
• CVE-2016-1011
  critical

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