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CVE-2016-0984

Known Exploited (CISA KEV)HIGH

8.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score36.9430%

EPSS Percentile96.42th

PublishedFeb 10, 2016

Last ModifiedApr 22, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Adobe

Flash Player

<= 20.0.0.272

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Adobe

Flash Player

<= 20.0.0.272

📦

Adobe

Flash Player

<= 11.2.202.559

📦

Adobe

Flash Player Desktop Runtime

<= 20.0.0.286

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Adobe

Flash Player

<= 18.0.0.326

📦

Adobe

Flash Player

<= 20.0.0.286

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Adobe

Air Desktop Runtime

<= 20.0.0.233

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Adobe

Air Sdk

<= 20.0.0.233

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Adobe

Air Sdk \& Compiler

<= 20.0.0.233

References & Advisories

🔗 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html

🔗 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html

🔗 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html

🔗 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html

🔗 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html

🔗 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970

🔗 https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html

🔗 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07

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