Advisory Details

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 regular expressions. A crafted regular expression can trigger an overflow of a stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.

• 2016-09-08 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
• 2016-12-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory