# CVE-2016-0973: Use-after-free vulnerability in the URLRequest object implementation in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-02-10 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the URLRequest object implementation 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 a URLLoader.load call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983, and CVE-2016-0984.

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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-161/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html

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