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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-6927

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…

HIGH 8.8EPSS 6.04%

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-2016-4279, CVE-2016-6921, CVE-2016-6923, CVE-2016-6925, CVE-2016-6926, 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
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
adobe/flash player · adobe/flash player desktop runtime
Source
psirt@adobe.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.