CVE-2016-0988

high

Published 2016-03-12 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

9.3

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.333 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.182 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.577 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 21.0.0.176, Adobe AIR SDK before 21.0.0.176, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 21.0.0.176 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0987, CVE-2016-0990, CVE-2016-0991, CVE-2016-0994, CVE-2016-0995, CVE-2016-0996, CVE-2016-0997, CVE-2016-0998, CVE-2016-0999, and CVE-2016-1000.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

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/apsb16-08.html

OS impact

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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
adobe	flash_player	`{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.306"}`
adobe	air	`{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.233"}`
adobe	air_sdk	`{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.260"}`
adobe	flash_player_desktop_runtime	`{"endIncluding":"20.2.2.306"}`
adobe	air_desktop_runtime	`{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.260"}`
adobe	air_sdk_\&_compiler	`{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.260"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

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