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CVE-2016-1005

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1005 describes an uninitialized pointer dereference and memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, and related SDKs. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through specially crafted MPEG-4 data, affecting products across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV) or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

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
5.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0528 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 14,824 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-2016-1005Critical

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
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb16-08.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-07
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/84311
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035251
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-192
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry