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CVE-2016-0990

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 12, 2016 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:38 AM UTC
7 products affected across 2 vendorsFlash PlayerAirAir SDK· also runs on 8 platforms

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.333 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.182 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.577 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 21.0.0.176, Adobe AIR SDK before 21.0.0.176, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 21.0.0.176 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0987, CVE-2016-0988, CVE-2016-0991, CVE-2016-0994, CVE-2016-0995, CVE-2016-0996, CVE-2016-0997, CVE-2016-0998, CVE-2016-0999, and CVE-2016-1000.

Affected

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

Air· Adobe
95%
v ≤ 20.0.0.233
google-android (environment)
Air Desktop Runtime· Adobe
95%
v ≤ 20.0.0.260
apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
Air SDK· Adobe
95%
v ≤ 20.0.0.260
apple-iphone-os (environment) · apple-macos (environment) · google-android (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
Air SDK & Compiler· Adobe
95%
v ≤ 20.0.0.260
apple-iphone-os (environment) · apple-macos (environment) · google-android (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
Flash Player· Adobe
95%
v ≤ 11.2.202.569v ≤ 20.0.0.306
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 ≤ 20.2.2.306
apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
X14J Firmware· Samsung
95%
t-ms14jakucb-1102.5
apple-iphone-os (environment) · apple-macos (environment) · google-android (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 LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00022.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00023.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00024.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00032.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84312
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035251
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-08.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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