CVE-2016-0984Use-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 S…
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CISA lists it as known exploited since May 25, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Jun 15, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV May 25, 2022; federal remediation due Jun 15, 2022The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 54.54% (percentile 99)
- Assigned by
- adobe
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
adobe flash_player adobe:flash_player | through 20.0.0.272; through 20.0.0.272; through 11.2.202.559; through 18.0.0.326; through 20.0.0.286 | NVD |
adobe flash_player_desktop_runtime adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime | through 20.0.0.286 | NVD |
adobe air_desktop_runtime adobe:air_desktop_runtime | through 20.0.0.233 | NVD |
adobe air_sdk adobe:air_sdk | through 20.0.0.233 | NVD |
adobe air_sdk_&_compiler adobe:air_sdk_&_compiler | through 20.0.0.233 | NVD |
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/exploit, x-refsource-exploit-db, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, broken-link, third-party-advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970vdb-entry, x-refsource-sectrack, broken-link, third-party-advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07vendor-advisory, x-refsource-gentoo, third-party-advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, broken-link, third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, broken-link, third-party-advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.htmlx-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, broken-link, third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0984us-government-resource
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