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HistoryNov 08, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

Adobe Flash AVSegmentedSource Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2016-11-0800:00:00
bo13oy of CloverSec Labs
www.zerodayinitiative.com
11

0.019 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.7%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Flash. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the AVSegmentedSource class. By performing actions in ActionScript an attacker can cause a pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.