CVE-2016-4171
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-25. Federal remediation due 2022-04-15.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 20.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-06-16 14:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-17 19:40Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-04-27
- Assigning CNA
- adobe
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 61f25d7873d6dfac1afa89b07147fba88af066a921b68e9fe4073d508d5bdc72
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201606-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08
- helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-03.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1625http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00038.html
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#748992https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/748992
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1238https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1238
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1621http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00035.html
- www.securitytracker.com1036094http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036094
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1613http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00031.html
- www.securityfocus.com91184http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91184
- helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-18.html
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-4171
- github.comhttps://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- flashplugin-nonfree Fixed in 11.2.202.626ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- flashplugin-nonfree Fixed in 11.2.202.626ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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