Use After Free Affecting flash-plugin package, versions <0:11.2.202.635-1.el6_8


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.14% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FLASHPLUGIN-1508151
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Sept 2016

Introduced: 13 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-6927  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 flash-plugin to version 0:11.2.202.635-1.el6_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1865.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream flash-plugin package and not the flash-plugin package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4272, CVE-2016-4279, CVE-2016-6921, CVE-2016-6923, CVE-2016-6925, CVE-2016-6926, CVE-2016-6929, CVE-2016-6930, CVE-2016-6931, and CVE-2016-6932.

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