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CVE-2016-0984

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2016-02-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability — Adobe Flash Player and AIR

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR allows attackers to execute code.

Added to KEV
2022-05-25
Remediation due
2022-06-15
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0984
Status
Analyzed
Published
2016-02-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-416

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.

Affected configurations

• adobe flash player (<= 20.0.0.272) • adobe flash player (<= 11.2.202.559) • adobe flash player desktop runtime (<= 20.0.0.286) • adobe flash player (<= 18.0.0.326) • adobe flash player (<= 20.0.0.286) • adobe air desktop runtime (<= 20.0.0.233) • adobe air sdk (<= 20.0.0.233) • adobe air sdk \& compiler (<= 20.0.0.233)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References