CVE-2016-0999 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, Adobe AIR SDK, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, typically requiring user interaction. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code for a related issue (uninitialized stack parameter access) exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 20.0.0.306CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:* | ||
<= 20.0.0.233CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 20.0.0.260CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
t-ms14jakucb-1102.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:x14j_firmware:t-ms14jakucb-1102.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 11.2.202.569CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.