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$ cve CVE-2016-0974 JSON

CVE-2016-0974 EXPLOIT

8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 30.8% (pctl 98)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

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-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983, and CVE-2016-0984.

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
EPSS30.77% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-416
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 - LoadVars.decode Use-After-Free2016-02-17

References

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