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CVE-2016-4138

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4138 is an unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier, impacting various products including Adobe, Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Linux distributions. With a critical CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a high-impact threat with unknown attack vectors and potential for complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability). While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-40090) exists for an ATF Image Packing Overflow, yet there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
25.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40090 · Jul 11, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2542 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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 0.0 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-2016-4138Critical

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/40090
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036117
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry