CVE-2016-0959

CRITICAL

Use after free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release before 18.0.0.324, Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player for Internet Explorer 10 and 11 before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player for Linux before 11.2.202.559, AIR Desktop Runtime before 20.0.0.233, AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233, AIR for Android before 20.0.0.233.

Published: Jun 27, 2017 Modified: Jun 17, 2026

CWE-416

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3

Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (11)

Vendor	Product	Version
adobe	flash_player	*
adobe	flash_player_extended_support_release	*
adobe	flash_player	*
adobe	flash_player	*
adobe	flash_player	*
adobe	flash_player	*
adobe	flash_player_for_linux	*
adobe	air	*
adobe	air_sdk_\&_compiler	*
adobe	air	*
adobe	air_sdk	*

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-xhrc-66pf-63mr

Use after free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash...

References (6)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1294580 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1294580 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html Vendor Advisory

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10

EPSS Score 5.21%

Top 8% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 40.8 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub