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CVE-2016-4179 EXPLOIT

8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 20.5% (pctl 97)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4172, CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, and CVE-2016-4246.

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
EPSS20.48% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-787
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2016-07-13
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (8)

VendorProduct
adobeflash player
adobeflash player desktop runtime
applemac os x
googlechrome os
linuxlinux kernel
microsoftwindows
microsoftwindows 10
microsoftwindows 8.1

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbAdobe Flash Player 22.0.0.192 - DefineBitsJPEG2 Memory Corruption2016-07-13

References

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