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$ cve CVE-2016-0971 JSON

CVE-2016-0971 EXPLOIT

8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 33.5% (pctl 98)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow 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.

Scoring

CVSS8.8 (HIGH, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS33.47% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-787
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2016-02-10
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (13)

VendorProduct
adobeair desktop runtime
adobeair sdk
adobeair sdk \& compiler
adobeflash player
adobeflash player desktop runtime
appleiphone os
applemac os x
googleandroid
googlechrome os
linuxlinux kernel
microsoftwindows
microsoftwindows 10
microsoftwindows 8.1

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbAdobe Flash - ATF Processing Heap Overflow2016-02-17

References

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