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CVE-2016-1000

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1000 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player and AIR products across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors, posing a significant risk to affected systems. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it has a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-39610), and it garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time, indicating active awareness and potential exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
29.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39610 · Mar 23, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2984 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.577-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.577-1.el6_7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1000Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-08

Mar 10, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00022.html
Broken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00023.html
Broken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00024.html
Broken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00032.html
Broken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1582.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1583.html
Third Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb16-08.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-07
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/39610
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/84312
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035251
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry