CVE-2016-0984

8.8 HIGH CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: February 10, 2016 Modified: October 22, 2025
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0984
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

19 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
73.5%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2022-06-15

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416 CWE-416

Affected Vendors

adobe linux google microsoft apple

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