Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-6987 (CCN-117574)

Assigned:2016-10-11
Published:2016-10-11
Updated:2022-11-18
Summary:Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6981.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
8.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:9.3 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
9.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-416
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-6987

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2016-2057
Critical: flash-plugin security update

Source: REDHAT
Type: Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2016:2057

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
93492

Source: CCN
Type: BID-93492
Adobe Flash Player APSB16-32 Multiple Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1036985

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
adobe-flash-cve20166987-code-exec(117574)

Source: CCN
Type: Adobe Security Bulletin APSB16-32
Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.html

Source: GENTOO
Type: Third Party Advisory
GLSA-201610-10

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2016-6987

Source: CCN
Type: ZDI-16-569
Adobe Flash Accessibility sendEvent Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:* (Version <= 23.0.0.162)
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:google:chrome_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:* (Version <= 23.0.0.162)
  • OR cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:* (Version <= 23.0.0.162)
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:* (Version <= 18.0.0.375)
  • OR cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 23.0.0.162)

    • Configuration 4:
  • cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* (Version <= 11.2.202.635)
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player:23.0.0.162:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player:23.0.0.162:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer_11:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player:23.0.0.162:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player:23.0.0.162:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player:23.0.0.162:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.635:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_8:-:-:-:*:-:-:x32:*
  • OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_8:::~~~~x64~:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_rt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:-:-:*:-:-:x32:*
  • OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_8.1:::~~~~x64~:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20166987
    V
    		CVE-2016-6987
    2022-05-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48020
    P
    		glib2-lang-2.48.2-12.15.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47162
    P
    		syslog-service-2.0-778.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47226
    P
    		cpp48-4.8.5-30.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47257
    P
    		ft2demos-2.6.3-7.10.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47016
    P
    		libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-4.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47328
    P
    		libXxf86vm1-1.1.3-3.53 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47100
    P
    		libzip2-0.11.1-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47966
    P
    		bubblewrap-0.3.3-1.31 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11828
    P
    		gtk2-data-2.24.31-7.11 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11764
    P
    		avahi-0.6.32-30.36 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:12466
    P
    		gpg2-2.0.24-9.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11515
    P
    		cvs-1.12.12-181.63 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:12488
    P
    		iputils-s20121221-2.19 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46432
    P
    		gpgme-1.5.1-1.11 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11537
    P
    		fuse-2.9.3-5.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46564
    P
    		python-pyOpenSSL-0.13.1-6.12 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11583
    P
    		libXrandr2-1.4.2-3.56 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11507
    P
    		coreutils-8.22-9.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46655
    P
    		file-5.19-9.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11630
    P
    		libpango-1_0-0-1.36.3-4.14 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46802
    P
    		openvpn-2.3.8-16.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11645
    P
    		librpcsecgss3-0.19-16.56 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11806
    P
    		fontconfig-2.11.1-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11664
    P
    		libwmf-0_2-7-0.2.8.4-242.3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11815
    P
    		gimp-2.8.18-4.7 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11739
    P
    		wireshark-1.12.7-15.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:53349
    P
    		Security update for yast2-rmt (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46120
    P
    		Security update for java-1_7_0-openjdk (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25121
    P
    		Security update for wireshark (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:52948
    P
    		Security update for glib2 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24831
    P
    		Security update for gd (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:53522
    P
    		Security update for webkit2gtk3 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46240
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 28 for SLE 12 SP3) (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25135
    P
    		Security update for xen (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:54279
    P
    		libltdl7 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24981
    P
    		Security update for bzip2 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:53628
    P
    		Security update for vim (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25179
    P
    		Security update for qemu (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:54353
    P
    		perl-HTML-Parser on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46106
    P
    		Security update for freetype2 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25034
    P
    		Security update for libgcrypt (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:53794
    P
    		Security update for openconnect (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25817
    P
    		Security update for pidgin-otr (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:54391
    P
    		telepathy-idle on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24422
    P
    		Security update for jakarta-commons-fileupload (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:54079
    P
    		libyaml-0-2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25852
    P
    		Security update for flash-playerqemu (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:54472
    P
    		gd on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24485
    P
    		Security update for openexr (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:52949
    P
    		Security update for tiff (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:54187
    P
    		elfutils on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:55748
    P
    		Recommended update for libksba (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24611
    P
    		Security update for ovmf (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:52971
    P
    		Security update for php7 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24412
    P
    		Security update for atftp (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:55822
    P
    		Security update for flash-playerqemu (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24692
    P
    		Security update for transfig (Low)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:53111
    P
    		Security update for python (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46107
    P
    		Security update for glibc (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24748
    P
    		Security update for python3 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20166987000
    V
    		CVE-2016-6987 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2016-10-13
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201669870000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-6987 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2016-10-13
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20166987000
    V
    		CVE-2016-6987 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2016-10-13
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20166987000
    V
    		CVE-2016-6987 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2016-10-13
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:78456
    P
    		Security update for flash-playerqemu (Important)
    2016-10-12
    BACK
    adobe flash player *
    microsoft windows -
    apple mac os x -
    google chrome os -
    linux linux kernel -
    adobe flash player *
    adobe flash player *
    microsoft windows 8.1 -
    microsoft windows 10 -
    microsoft windows -
    apple mac os x -
    adobe flash player *
    adobe flash player desktop runtime *
    adobe flash player *
    linux linux kernel -
    adobe flash player 23.0.0.162
    adobe flash player 23.0.0.162
    adobe flash player 23.0.0.162
    adobe flash player 23.0.0.162
    adobe flash player 23.0.0.162
    adobe flash player 11.2.202.635
    redhat enterprise linux server supplementary 6
    redhat enterprise linux workstation supplementary 6
    redhat enterprise linux desktop supplementary 6
    microsoft windows 8 - -
    microsoft windows 8
    microsoft windows server 2012
    microsoft windows rt -
    microsoft windows 8.1 - -
    microsoft windows 8.1
    microsoft windows server 2012 r2
    microsoft windows rt 8.1 -