CVE-2016-0987 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, AIR, and related SDKs across Windows, OS X, and Linux, also impacting products from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 80/100, significant community discussion, and media coverage indicate notable concern. Despite this, there is no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.
| 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
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