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CVE-2016-0983

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 10, 2016 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:38 AM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendorFlash PlayerAir SDKAir SDK & Compiler· also runs on 8 platforms

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

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-2016-0984.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Air Desktop Runtime· Adobe
95%
v ≤ 20.0.0.233
apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
Air SDK· Adobe
95%
v ≤ 20.0.0.233
apple-iphone-os (environment) · apple-macos (environment) · google-android (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
Air SDK & Compiler· Adobe
95%
v ≤ 20.0.0.233
apple-iphone-os (environment) · apple-macos (environment) · google-android (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
Flash Player· Adobe
95%
v ≤ 11.2.202.559v ≤ 18.0.0.326v ≤ 20.0.0.272v ≤ 20.0.0.286
apple-macos (environment) · google-chrome-os (environment) · linux-linux-kernel (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment) · microsoft-windows-10 (environment) · microsoft-windows-8-1 (environment)
Flash Player Desktop Runtime· Adobe
95%
v ≤ 20.0.0.286
apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

References (8)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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