CVE-2016-0985

Adobe Flash - textfield Constructor Type Confusion

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion."

Adobe Flash Player en versiones anteriores a 18.0.0.329 y 19.x y 20.x en versiones anteriores a 20.0.0.306 en Windows y OS X y en versiones anteriores a 11.2.202.569 en Linux, Adobe AIR en versiones anteriores a 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK en versiones anteriores a 20.0.0.260 y Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler en versiones anteriores a 20.0.0.260 permiten a atacantes ejecutar código arbitrario aprovechando una "confusión de tipo" no especificada.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-12-22 CVE Reserved
2016-02-10 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
2024-10-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39461	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html	2022-12-09

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html	2022-12-09
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html	2022-12-09
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html	2022-12-09
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html	2022-12-09
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html	2022-12-09
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07	2022-12-09
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0985	2016-02-10
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1306015	2016-02-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 11.2.202.559 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 11.2.202.559"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Desktop Runtime Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player Desktop Runtime"	<= 20.0.0.286 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player Desktop Runtime" and version " <= 20.0.0.286"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Desktop Runtime Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player Desktop Runtime"	<= 20.0.0.286 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player Desktop Runtime" and version " <= 20.0.0.286"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 18.0.0.326 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 18.0.0.326"	esr	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 18.0.0.326 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 18.0.0.326"	esr	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 20.0.0.272 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 20.0.0.272"	internet_explorer	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 20.0.0.272 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 20.0.0.272"	internet_explorer	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows 8.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 8.1"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 20.0.0.286 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 20.0.0.286"	chrome	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 20.0.0.286 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 20.0.0.286"	chrome	Affected	in	Google Search vendor "Google"	Chrome Os Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome Os"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 20.0.0.286 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 20.0.0.286"	chrome	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 20.0.0.286 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 20.0.0.286"	chrome	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 20.0.0.272 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 20.0.0.272"	edge	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Air Desktop Runtime Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Desktop Runtime"	<= 20.0.0.233 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Desktop Runtime" and version " <= 20.0.0.233"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Air Desktop Runtime Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Desktop Runtime"	<= 20.0.0.233 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Desktop Runtime" and version " <= 20.0.0.233"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Air Sdk Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk"	<= 20.0.0.233 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk" and version " <= 20.0.0.233"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Air Sdk Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk"	<= 20.0.0.233 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk" and version " <= 20.0.0.233"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Air Sdk Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk"	<= 20.0.0.233 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk" and version " <= 20.0.0.233"	-	Affected	in	Google Search vendor "Google"	Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Air Sdk Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk"	<= 20.0.0.233 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk" and version " <= 20.0.0.233"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Air Sdk \& Compiler Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk \& Compiler"	<= 20.0.0.233 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk \& Compiler" and version " <= 20.0.0.233"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Air Sdk \& Compiler Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk \& Compiler"	<= 20.0.0.233 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk \& Compiler" and version " <= 20.0.0.233"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Air Sdk \& Compiler Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk \& Compiler"	<= 20.0.0.233 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk \& Compiler" and version " <= 20.0.0.233"	-	Affected	in	Google Search vendor "Google"	Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Air Sdk \& Compiler Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk \& Compiler"	<= 20.0.0.233 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk \& Compiler" and version " <= 20.0.0.233"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe