CVEs / CVE-2016-0984
CVE-2016-0984: Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 25 May 2022
- high 8.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 54.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR allows attackers to execute code.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, and CVE-2016-0983.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 25 May 2022 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 15 Jun 2022 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
References
- CVE-2016-0984 on NVD
- CVE-2016-0984 in the CISA KEV catalog
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0984 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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