{"id":"CVE-2016-0959","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-0959","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:44:01.502Z","title":"Use after free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release before 18.0.0.324, Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Edge and…","description":"Use after free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release before 18.0.0.324, Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player for Internet Explorer 10 and 11 before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player for Linux before 11.2.202.559, AIR Desktop Runtime before 20.0.0.233, AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233, AIR for Android before 20.0.0.233.","published":"2017-06-27T20:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:38:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["adobe/flash player","adobe/flash player extended support release","adobe/flash player for linux","adobe/air","adobe/air sdk \\& compiler","adobe/air sdk"],"epss":{"score":0.05205,"percentile":0.92431,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1294580","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1294580","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0959","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}