VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-4121

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 10.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.352 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.242 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.621 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1097, CVE-2016-1106, CVE-2016-1107, CVE-2016-1108, CVE-2016-1109, CVE-2016-1110, CVE-2016-4108, and CVE-2016-4110.

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 10.00% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-416
Affected: adobe/flash player · adobe/air sdk \& compiler · adobe/air sdk · adobe/flash player desktop runtime · adobe/air desktop runtime
Source: psirt@adobe.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 10.0% since 26 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.

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1079.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90797Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-15.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1079.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90797Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-15.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.