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CVE-2016-4275

49
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4275 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player affecting versions before 18.0.0.375 and 23.0.0.162 on Windows/OS X, and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, impacting products from Adobe, Apple, Google, and Microsoft. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a low-complexity attack requiring user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists for a related crash, and it garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.2.202.632CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 22.0.0.211CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*
<= 22.0.0.211CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:*
<= 22.0.0.211CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 18.0.0.366CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*

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
19.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40421 · Sep 23, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1944 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 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

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-0:11.2.202.635-1.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.635-1.el6_8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4275Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-29

Sep 13, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1865.html
Third Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201610-10
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/40421
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/92930
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036791
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry