CVE-2016-1001: adobe air Out-of-bounds Write
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-1001 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in adobe air. EPSS estimates a 25.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2Timeline
- 12-03-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.333 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.182 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.577 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 21.0.0.176, Adobe AIR SDK before 21.0.0.176, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 21.0.0.176 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
25.08%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-1.15 pp
From 26.23% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundAdobe Flash - Zlib Codec Heap Overflow
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Adobe6 products
- air≤ 20.0.0.233
- air_desktop_runtime≤ 20.0.0.260
- air_sdk≤ 20.0.0.260
- air_sdk_\&_compiler≤ 20.0.0.260
- flash_player≤ 20.0.0.306 | ≤ 11.2.202.569
Samsung1 product
- x14j_firmwaret-ms14jakucb-1102.5
Ubuntu1 product
- flashplugin-nonfree< 11.2.202.577ubuntu0.14.04.1
3 vendors · 8 products
References
10 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00032.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00024.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00022.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-08.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor AdvisoryREPORT
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00023.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory