CVE-2016-4226

high
Published 2016-07-13 · 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 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4173, CVE-2016-4174, CVE-2016-4222, CVE-2016-4227, CVE-2016-4228, CVE-2016-4229, CVE-2016-4230, CVE-2016-4231, and CVE-2016-4248.

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/apsb16-25.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@adobe.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-093

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4226.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
linux linux-kernel-not-affected
windows windows-not-affected
macos macos-not-affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
adobe adobeflash_player_desktop_runtime{"endIncluding":"22.0.0.192"}
adobe adobeflash_player{"endIncluding":"18.0.0.360"}

References

CWEs

CWE-416

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