CVE-2016-4279
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4272, CVE-2016-6921, CVE-2016-6923, CVE-2016-6925, CVE-2016-6926, CVE-2016-6927, CVE-2016-6929, CVE-2016-6930, CVE-2016-6931, and CVE-2016-6932.
- 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
- 6.04% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- adobe/flash player · adobe/flash player desktop runtime
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 6.0% 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-2016-1865.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92927Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036791Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1865.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92927Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036791Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.