CISA KEV catalog
Confirmed active exploitation.
Listed in CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: attackers are using it in real attacks. Patch it with priority.
- Name
- Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, and CVE-2016-0983.
Affected products
adobe: flash player; microsoft: windows; linux: linux kernel; adobe: flash player desktop runtime; apple: mac os x; google: chrome os; adobe: air desktop runtime; adobe: air sdk; apple: iphone os; google: android; adobe: air sdk \& compiler
References10
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html PatchVendor Advisory
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html PatchVendor Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.… Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.… Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.… Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.… Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html Third Party Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
-
8.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 55% percentile: 99 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-416
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