CVE-2016-0959

critical

Published 2017-06-27 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

10.0

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Use after free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release before 18.0.0.324, Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player for Internet Explorer 10 and 11 before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player for Linux before 11.2.202.559, AIR Desktop Runtime before 20.0.0.233, AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233, AIR for Android before 20.0.0.233.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status
windows		not-affected
linux-kernel	-	not-affected
macos	-	not-affected
macos		not-affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
adobe	flash_player	`{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.235"}`
adobe	flash_player_extended_support_release	`{"endIncluding":"18.0.0.268"}`
adobe	flash_player_for_linux	`{"endIncluding":"11.2.202.554"}`
adobe	air	`{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.204"}`
adobe	air_sdk_\&_compiler	`{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.204"}`
adobe	air_sdk	`{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.204"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.