CVE-2016-4226
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 33.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4173, CVE-2016-4174, CVE-2016-4222, CVE-2016-4227, CVE-2016-4228, CVE-2016-4229, CVE-2016-4230, CVE-2016-4231, and CVE-2016-4248.
- 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
- 33.13% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 29 August 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- adobe/flash player desktop runtime · adobe/flash player
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 33.1% 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.
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/2016-07/msg00016.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00017.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91719Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036280Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-093Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-25.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-03Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40308/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00016.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00017.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91719Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036280Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-093Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-25.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-03Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40308/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.