CVE-2016-0984
Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- High 8.8
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 25 May 2022
- A public exploit reference is listed
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-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, and CVE-2016-0983.
Key facts
- Published
- 10 Feb 2016
- Last changed
- 21 Oct 2025
- Assigned by
- adobe
- KEV added
- 25 May 2022
- KEV fix due
- 15 Jun 2022
- EPSS
- 54.544% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.034% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 8.8CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What to do
- The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.CISA KEV required action
Historical context and remediation
This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.
No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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Timeline
- 10 Feb 2016 Published
- 25 May 2022 CVE-2016-0984 added to CISA KEV
- 25 May 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue