CVE-2016-0995 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player across Windows, OS X, and Linux, as well as Adobe AIR and its SDKs. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, posing a significant risk to systems running vulnerable versions. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the KEV catalog or public exploit code on Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability garnered notable community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure, indicating awareness and concern within the security community.
| 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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