CVE-2016-4278

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Published 2016-09-14 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

6.5

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4271 and CVE-2016-4277.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

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/apsb16-29.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4278.html

OS impact

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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
adobe	flash_player	`{"endIncluding":"11.2.202.632"}`
adobe	flash_player_desktop_runtime	`{"endIncluding":"22.0.0.211"}`

References

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