CVE-2016-4163

critical

Published 2016-06-16 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

9.8

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

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.352 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.242 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.621 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1096, CVE-2016-1098, CVE-2016-1099, CVE-2016-1100, CVE-2016-1102, CVE-2016-1104, CVE-2016-4109, CVE-2016-4111, CVE-2016-4112, CVE-2016-4113, CVE-2016-4114, CVE-2016-4115, CVE-2016-4120, CVE-2016-4160, CVE-2016-4161, and CVE-2016-4162.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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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":"21.0.0.241"}`
adobe	air_sdk_\&_compiler	`{"endIncluding":"21.0.0.198"}`
adobe	air_sdk	`{"endIncluding":"21.0.0.198"}`
adobe	flash_player_desktop_runtime	`{"endIncluding":"21.0.0.226"}`
adobe	air_desktop_runtime	`{"endIncluding":"21.0.0.198"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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