CVE-2016-4273 EXPLOIT
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 19.9% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 19.9% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-10-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (8)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| adobe | flash player |
| adobe | flash player desktop runtime |
| apple | mac os x |
| chrome os | |
| linux | linux kernel |
| microsoft | windows |
| microsoft | windows 10 |
| microsoft | windows 8.1 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Adobe Flash Player 23.0.0.162 - '.SWF' ConstantPool Critical Memory Corruption | 2016-10-12 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2057.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93490
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036985
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40510/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2057.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93490
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036985
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40510/
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