Adobe AIR < 20.0.0.260 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-04)

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9154

Synopsis

The remote host is running an outdated version of Adobe AIR that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

Versions of Adobe AIR prior to 20.0.0.260 are outdated and thus unpatched for the following vulnerabilities :

 - A flaw exists in an overflow condition that is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated when handling input to the 'BitmapData.drawWithQuality()' method. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0964)
 - A flaw exists that is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated when handling images. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0965)
 - A flaw exists that is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0966)
 - A flaw exists that is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated when handling H.264 media content. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0967)
 - A flaw exists that is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0968, CVE-2016-0969, CVE-2016-0970, CVE-2016-0972, CVE-2016-0976, CVE-2016-0977, CVE-2016-0978, CVE-2016-0979, CVE-2016-0980, CVE-2016-0981)
 - A flaw exists in an overflow condition that is triggered as the 'URLStream' class does not properly validate input during ATF processing. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0971)
 - A flaw exists in a 'use-after-free' error that is triggered when handling 'URLRequest' objects. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0973)
 - A flaw exists in a 'use-after-free' error that is triggered when handling input to the 'LoadVars.decode()' method. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0974)
 - A flaw exists in a 'use-after-free' error in the handling of 'instanceof', which may allow a context-dependent attacker to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0975)
 - A flaw exists in a 'use-after-free' error, which may allow a context-dependent attacker to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. No further details have been provided. (CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983)
 - A flaw exists in a use-after-free error that is triggered when handling the 'Sound.loadPCMFromByteArray()' method. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0984)
 - An unspecified type confusion flaw exists that is triggered when handling 'TextField' objects. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0985)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe AIR 20.0.0.260 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 9154

Family: Web Clients

Published: 3/30/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Dependencies: 4759

Nessus ID: 88638, 88640

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Critical

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0964, CVE-2016-0965, CVE-2016-0966, CVE-2016-0967, CVE-2016-0968, CVE-2016-0969, CVE-2016-0970, CVE-2016-0971, CVE-2016-0972, CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0976, CVE-2016-0977, CVE-2016-0978, CVE-2016-0979, CVE-2016-0980, CVE-2016-0981, CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983, CVE-2016-0984, CVE-2016-0985