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CVE-2016-4137

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4137 is an unspecified vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier, including its integration within Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 and Edge, as well as other Adobe, Apple, Google, Linux, and SUSE products. With a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (High), it presents a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, often requiring user interaction. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-40089) for a heap corruption vulnerability exists, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
16.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40089 · Jul 11, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1638 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.626-1.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.626-1.el6_8
View patch
adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4137Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-18

Jun 14, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00031.html
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00035.html
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00038.html
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1238
Third Party Advisory
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-083
PatchThird Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb16-18.html
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/40089
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036117
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry