CVE-2016-4160

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 16, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendorFlash PlayerAir SDKAir SDK & Compiler· also runs on 8 platforms

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.352 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.242 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.621 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1096, CVE-2016-1098, CVE-2016-1099, CVE-2016-1100, CVE-2016-1102, CVE-2016-1104, CVE-2016-4109, CVE-2016-4111, CVE-2016-4112, CVE-2016-4113, CVE-2016-4114, CVE-2016-4115, CVE-2016-4120, CVE-2016-4161, CVE-2016-4162, and CVE-2016-4163.

Affected

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

v ≤ 21.0.0.198
apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
v ≤ 21.0.0.198
apple-iphone-os (environment) · apple-macos (environment) · google-android (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
v ≤ 21.0.0.198
apple-iphone-os (environment) · apple-macos (environment) · google-android (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
v ≤ 11.2.202.616v ≤ 18.0.0.343v ≤ 21.0.0.216v ≤ 21.0.0.241
apple-macos (environment) · google-chrome-os (environment) · linux-linux-kernel (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment) · microsoft-windows-10 (environment) · microsoft-windows-8-1 (environment)
v ≤ 21.0.0.226
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.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1079.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90618
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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