{"id":"CVE-2016-0984","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-0984","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T22:33:40.222Z","title":"Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability","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.","published":"2016-02-10T20:59:33.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:38:36.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["adobe/flash player","adobe/flash player desktop runtime","adobe/air desktop runtime","adobe/air sdk","adobe/air sdk \\& compiler"],"epss":{"score":0.54544,"percentile":0.99015,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-05-25","dueDate":"2022-06-15","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0984"},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-02-17","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":39462,"kind":"exploit","title":"Adobe Flash - Sound.loadPCMFromByteArray Dangling Pointer","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/dos/39462.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/dos/39462.txt","published":"2016-02-17","added":"2016-02-17","updated":"2016-02-19","author":"Google Security Research","type":"dos","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-0984"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=698"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 June 2022). 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