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CVE-2016-0959

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0959 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Adobe Flash Player across various platforms, including Desktop Runtime, Extended Support Release, and versions for Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer, as well as Adobe AIR products. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 9.8, indicating a critical severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 20.0.0.235CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 18.0.0.268CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_extended_support_release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 20.0.0.228CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*
<= 20.0.0.228CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*
<= 20.0.0.228CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0520 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.559-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.559-1.el6_7
View patch
adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-0959Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-01

Dec 28, 2015

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html
Vendor Advisory