CVE DATABASE / CVE-2016-0984
CVE-2016-0984
Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Confirmed exploited in the wild. Added 2022-05-25.
Federal remediation due 2022-06-15.
Required action: The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Summary
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.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 8.8 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity | HIGH |
| Availability | HIGH |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0984
Data: NIST NVD + CISA KEV. NVD last modified 2026-04-22. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.