CVE-2016-4121: adobe air_desktop_runtime Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-4121 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Use After Free vulnerability in adobe air_desktop_runtime. EPSS estimates a 10.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 16-06-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.352 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.242 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.621 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1097, CVE-2016-1106, CVE-2016-1107, CVE-2016-1108, CVE-2016-1109, CVE-2016-1110, CVE-2016-4108, and CVE-2016-4110.

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.