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CVE-2016-4223
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows…
High8.8EPSS 7.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- adobe
Description
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4224 and CVE-2016-4225.
Timeline
ID reserved
By adobe
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.4% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-424 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1826 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201607-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 91718 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1802 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-25.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1423 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MS16-093 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 1036280 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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