Adobe · Flash Player
CVE-2016-4171
Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Exploited in attacks
High 7.8 Attack chance: 20%
What it is
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in June 2016.
CISA: Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player allows for remote code execution.
What to do
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Deadline for US federal agencies: April 15, 2022
- Added to the CISA list
- March 25, 2022
- Published
- June 16, 2016
- Severity
- High 7.8 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 20% in the top 2.6% of all known vulnerabilities
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (10)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00038.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1238
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00031.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-03.html
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/748992
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036094
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91184
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-18.html
More exploited flaws from Adobe
| Added | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Attack chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2024 | Incorrect Default Permissions | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 11% |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Code Execution | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 11% |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Integer Underflow Vulnerablity | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 99.9% |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Double Free Vulnerablity | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 25% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Memory Corruption | Flash Player | High 7.8 | 83% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Unspecified | Flash Player | High 7.8 | 64% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Memory Corruption | Flash Player | High 7.8 | 91% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) | Flash Player | Medium 6.1 | 6.2% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.