CVE-2016-0966 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, Adobe AIR SDK, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. This vulnerability, with a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (High), allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through unspecified vectors, requiring user interaction. While the vulnerability is severe, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. Organizations should prioritize patching affected Adobe products to mitigate potential risks.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 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.
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.