Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2022-03-25
• EPSS: 19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 97% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the TextField class. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

CISA: Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability in the TextField class.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 15 Apr 2022): The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

• Patch on docs.microsoft.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD
• Patch on helpx.adobe.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD

[ References ]References

• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.htmlBroken Link
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.htmlBroken Link
• rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.htmlThird Party Advisory
• www.securityfocus.com/bid/94877Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154PatchThird Party Advisory
• helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
• security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17Third Party Advisory
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource