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CVE-2016-0974

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0974 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, AIR, and AIR SDK products across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely through user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently in CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-39463) exists, demonstrating its exploitability, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.2.202.559CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 20.0.0.286CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 18.0.0.326CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
<= 20.0.0.272CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:*
<= 20.0.0.286CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
30.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39463 · Feb 17, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3077 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.569-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.569-1.el6_7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-0974Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-04

Feb 9, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html
Third Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-07
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/39463
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1034970
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry