CVE-2016-0984
Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, and CVE-2016-0983.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 54.54% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 17 February 2016
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 May 2022 · due 15 June 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- adobe/flash player · adobe/flash player desktop runtime · adobe/air desktop runtime · adobe/air sdk · adobe/air sdk \& compiler
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 54.5% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0984
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0984US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.