High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 10, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-0975
CVE-2016-0975
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the instanceof function 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 by leveraging improper reference handling, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983, and CVE-2016-0984.
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Affected products
18- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=20.0.0.233
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=20.0.0.233
- (no CPE)range: <20.0.0.260
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=20.0.0.233
- (no CPE)range: <20.0.0.260
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=11.2.202.559
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*range: <=20.0.0.286
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*range: <=20.0.0.272
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*range: <=18.0.0.326
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:*range: <=20.0.0.272
- (no CPE)range: <18.0.0.329 | 19.x <20.0.0.306 | <11.2.202.569
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=20.0.0.286
- Range: <20.0.0.260
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/suse/flash-player&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/flash-player&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/flash-player&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/flash-player&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012pkg:rpm/suse/flash-player&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP1
< 11.2.202.569-0.35.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 11.2.202.569-0.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.2.202.569-120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.2.202.569-120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.2.202.569-120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.2.202.569-120.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.htmlnvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.htmlnvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.htmlnvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.htmlnvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-160/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07nvdThird Party Advisory
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