CVE-2016-6984

8.8 highEPSS 4.6%

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-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 4.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2016-10-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

adobe:flash_player
adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime

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

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