CVE-2016-4176 in the critical feed json
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 at…
published 2016-07-13 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-5177
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 17.6%
- EPSS 17.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
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 (stack memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4177.
Patch / fix
- flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 11.2.202.632ubuntu0.14.04.1
- flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 11.2.202.632ubuntu0.16.04.1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4176
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- flash-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 11.2.202.632-1.el5_11
- flash-plugin RHEL 6 EXTRAS 11.2.202.632-1.el6_8
red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1423
- flash-player SLED 12 SP1, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP1 11.2.202.632-137.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:1826-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2016-4176 updated cvss 8.8
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-25
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 11.2.202.632-1.el5_11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 11.2.202.632-1.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 11.2.202.632-1.el5_11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 11.2.202.632-1.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 11.2.202.632-1.el6_8fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1423
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Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-40105)
- Published
Exploit prediction
17.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-40105 Adobe Flash Player 22.0.0.192 - TAG Memory Corruption dos, 2016-07-13
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
References
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docs.microsoft.com
/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-093
vendor-advisory, patch
-
helpx.adobe.com
/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-25.html
patch, vendor-advisory
-
exploit-db.com
/exploits/40105/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
-
lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00017.html
vendor-advisory, broken-link
-
lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00016.html
vendor-advisory, broken-link
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2016:1423
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/91721
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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securitytracker.com
/id/1036280
vdb-entry, broken-link, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-4176
- NVD CVE-2016-4176
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