CVE-2016-1023

high

Published 2016-04-09 · 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

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1012, CVE-2016-1020, CVE-2016-1021, CVE-2016-1022, CVE-2016-1024, CVE-2016-1025, CVE-2016-1026, CVE-2016-1027, CVE-2016-1028, CVE-2016-1029, CVE-2016-1032, and CVE-2016-1033.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
adobe	flash_player	`{"endIncluding":"11.2.202.577"}`
adobe	flash_player_desktop_runtime	`{"endIncluding":"21.0.0.197"}`
adobe	air_desktop_runtime	`{"endIncluding":"21.0.0.176"}`
adobe	air_sdk	`{"endIncluding":"21.0.0.176"}`
adobe	air_sdk_\&_compiler	`{"endIncluding":"21.0.0.176"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-787

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