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CVE-2016-4146

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4146 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier, impacting various products including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Edge, and other platforms from Adobe, Apple, Google, and Linux distributions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSSv3 score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring user interaction for exploitation. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 21.0.0.242CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*
<= 21.0.0.242CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 21.0.0.242CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*
<= 21.0.0.242CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer_11:*:*
<= 11.2.202.621CPE 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
3.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0381 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 14,824 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-2016-4146Critical

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
securitytracker.com / id/1036117
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry