Adobe Security Bulletin

Release date: February 9, 2016

Vulnerability identifier: APSB16-04

Priority: See table below

CVE number: 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

Platform: Windows, Macintosh and Linux

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player.  These updates address critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

• To verify the version of Adobe Flash Player installed on your system, access the About Flash Player page, or right-click on content running in Flash Player and select "About Adobe (or Macromedia) Flash Player" from the menu. If you use multiple browsers, perform the check for each browser you have installed on your system.  
• To verify the version of Adobe AIR installed on your system, follow the instructions in the Adobe AIR TechNote.

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:

• Adobe recommends users of the  Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime for Windows and Macintosh update to 20.0.0.306 via the update mechanism within the product when prompted [1], or by visiting the Adobe Flash Player Download Center.
• Adobe recommends users of the Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release should update to version 18.0.0.329 by visiting http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html.
• Adobe recommends users of Adobe Flash Player for Linux update to Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.569 by visiting the Adobe Flash Player Download Center.
• Adobe Flash Player installed with Google Chrome will be automatically updated to the latest Google Chrome version, which will include Adobe Flash Player 20.0.0.306 for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome OS.
• Adobe Flash Player installed with Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer for Windows 10 will be automatically updated to the latest version, which will include Adobe Flash Player 20.0.0.306. 
• Adobe Flash Player installed with Internet Explorer for Windows 8.x will be automatically updated to the latest version, which will include Adobe Flash Player 20.0.0.306.
• Adobe recommends users of the AIR desktop runtime, AIR SDK and AIR SDK & Compiler update to version 20.0.0.260 by visiting the AIR download center or the AIR developer center. 
• Please visit the Flash Player Help page for assistance in installing Flash Player.

• These updates resolve a type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-0985).
• These updates resolve use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983, CVE-2016-0984).
• These updates resolve a heap buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-0971).
• These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-0964, CVE-2016-0965, CVE-2016-0966, CVE-2016-0967, 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).

• Anonymously reported through HPE's Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0975) 
• Ben Hawkes, Mateusz Jurczyk and Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero (CVE-2016-0964, CVE-2016-0965, CVE-2016-0967, CVE-2016-0970, CVE-2016-0971, CVE-2016-0972) 
• Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero (CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0984, CVE-2016-0985) 
• Nicolas Joly of Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) (CVE-2016-0966)
• The NSFOCUS Security Team (CVE-2016-0968, CVE-2016-0969, CVE-2016-0976, CVE-2016-0977, CVE-2016-0978, CVE-2016-0979) 
• Wen Guanxing from Venustech ADLAB (CVE-2016-0981, CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983)
• Yuki Chen of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team (CVE-2016-0980)