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 or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1096, CVE-2016-1098, CVE-2016-1099, CVE-2016-1100, CVE-2016-1102, CVE-2016-1104, CVE-2016-4109, CVE-2016-4111, CVE-2016-4112, CVE-2016-4113, CVE-2016-4114, CVE-2016-4115, CVE-2016-4120, CVE-2016-4161, CVE-2016-4162, and CVE-2016-4163.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
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| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90618 | vdb entry third party advisory broken link |
| https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-15.html | patch vendor advisory |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1079.html | third party advisory vendor advisory |