CVE-2016-6990 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, affecting versions before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X, and before 11.2.202.637 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 significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has received some community and media attention, including a BleepingComputer article.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 23.0.0.162CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:* | ||
<= 23.0.0.162CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:* | ||
<= 23.0.0.162CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:* | ||
<= 18.0.0.375CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:* | ||
<= 23.0.0.162CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.