01 Record

CVE-2016-4279

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: adobe

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 6.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 93.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. 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

2016-09-14 18:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:25Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-04-27

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

90ca1023699191bc281566ad2887c1004bac7a8fd1def91e3d76c99c1b00c9a6

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

adobeflash_playerNot specified—

adobeflash_player_desktop_runtimeNot specified—

applemac_os_xNot specified—

googlechrome_osNot specified—

linuxlinux_kernelNot specified—

microsoftwindowsNot specified—

microsoftwindows_10Not specified—

microsoftwindows_8.1Not specified—

redhatrhel_extrasNot specified—

06 References

security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201610-10https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1865http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1865.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.securityfocus.com92927http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92927vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.securitytracker.com1036791http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036791vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK