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CVE-2016-4117

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4117 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 and earlier, as well as various Linux distributions. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability was actively exploited in the wild in May 2016, with a Metasploit module available and significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 21.0.0.226CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
94.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 3, 2022
Metasploit: Adobe Flash Player DeleteRangeTimelineOperation Type-Confusion · Apr 27, 2016
ExploitDB: EDB-46339 · Feb 11, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9435 is in the 99th 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

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-0:11.2.202.621-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.621-1.el6_8
View patch
adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4117Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-15

May 10, 2016

References

github.com / cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196
Issue Tracking
cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00046.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00047.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1079.html
Third Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsa16-02.html
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb16-15.html
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201606-08
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/46339
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/90505
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035826
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry