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CVE-2016-1029

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 90th percentile. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 3.18.8HighEPSS percentile90th3.9% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

  • Adobe Flash PlayerAffected: ≤ 11.2.202.577Upgrade to: after 11.2.202.577Stated by: NVD
  • Adobe Flash Player Desktop RuntimeAffected: ≤ 21.0.0.197Upgrade to: after 21.0.0.197Stated by: NVD
  • Adobe Air Desktop RuntimeAffected: ≤ 21.0.0.176Upgrade to: after 21.0.0.176Stated by: NVD
  • Adobe Air SdkAffected: ≤ 21.0.0.176Upgrade to: after 21.0.0.176Stated by: NVD
  • Adobe Air Sdk \& CompilerAffected: ≤ 21.0.0.176Upgrade to: after 21.0.0.176Stated by: NVD

Versions as the sources state them. Full version matrix after sign-in

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What it is

From the CVE record

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1012, CVE-2016-1020, CVE-2016-1021, CVE-2016-1022, CVE-2016-1023, CVE-2016-1024, CVE-2016-1025, CVE-2016-1026, CVE-2016-1027, CVE-2016-1028, CVE-2016-1032, and CVE-2016-1033.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS90th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

3.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 90th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

6 events over 3729 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Patch availablerecord updated
  3. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

And 2 more affected products. See all after sign-in

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

Open in the CVSS calculator

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Scored 8.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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