{"id":"CVE-2016-4249","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4249","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:07.064Z","title":"Heap-based buffer overflow 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.","description":"Heap-based buffer overflow 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.","published":"2016-07-13T02:00:56.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:47:13.000Z","status":"Modified","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-787"],"affected":["adobe/flash player desktop runtime","adobe/flash player"],"epss":{"score":0.07126,"percentile":0.94213,"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 (7.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00016.html","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00017.html","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91722","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036280","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-093","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-25.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-03","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00016.html","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00017.html","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91722","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036280","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-093","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-25.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-03","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4249","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."}