RULE(RULE ID:316791)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2016-10-21
Rule Name: Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability -1 (CVE-2016-0974)
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CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: Use-After-Free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Impact: A Use-After-Free vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker in the vulnerable product. Successful exploit may cause some adverse consequences, such as crash of the product, execution of arbitrary code.
Affected OS: Windows
Reference: SecurityTrackerID:1034970
AdobeSecurityBulletins:apsb16-04
ExploitDB:39463
Solutions
Adobe has issued a fix on the official website. For more advisory, please visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html