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Vulnerability record

CVE-2016-0984

Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability

HighExploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Flash Player and AIR, fix it now.

CISA required action: The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jun 15, 2022.

Patch status

Official fix available since

Apply the vendor's update to every affected system. Check the fixed-in versions below where known.

Basis: NVD patch reference

Description

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.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

ProductVendorAffected versionsSource
Flash PlayerAdobe<= 20.0.0.272; <= 11.2.202.559; <= 18.0.0.326; <= 20.0.0.286NVD
Flash Player and AIRAdobe—KEV

Sources: NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database; KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2016-0984 scored CVSS 8.8: Adobe Flash Player and AIR, Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Flash Player and AIR systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

  2. Patch releasedUpdateKEV

    Patch released for CVE-2016-0984: Adobe Flash Player and AIR, Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    An official fix is now available for Adobe Flash Player and AIR. This vulnerability is being exploited, so apply it promptly.

    Basis: NVD patch reference

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