CVE-2016-6987

high

Published 2016-10-13 · 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 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6981.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6987.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.html

OS impact

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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
adobe	flash_player	`{"endIncluding":"23.0.0.162"}`
adobe	flash_player_desktop_runtime	`{"endIncluding":"23.0.0.162"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

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