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.
The 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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html | vendor advisory broken link third party advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970 | broken link third party advisory vdb entry |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html | vendor advisory broken link third party advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html | vendor advisory broken link third party advisory |
| https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html | patch vendor advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html | vendor advisory broken link third party advisory |
| http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-160/ | third party advisory vdb entry |