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CVE-2016-0989

Published: Mar 12, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
4.0%
Top 10.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.333 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.182 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.577 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 21.0.0.176, Adobe AIR SDK before 21.0.0.176, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 21.0.0.176 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0960, CVE-2016-0961, CVE-2016-0962, CVE-2016-0986, CVE-2016-0992, CVE-2016-1002, and CVE-2016-1005.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

flash playeradobe
Desktop App
Consumer Software / media-player
airadobe
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
air sdkadobe
Dev Tool
OSS Libraries / generic-library
x14j firmwaresamsung
EmbeddedFirmware
Hardware Firmware
flash player desktop runtimeadobe
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / media-player
adobecommercialUSConsumer Softwareaka adobe systems inc.
samsungcommercialKRMobile Appsaka samsung electronics
and 6 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00022.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00023.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00024.html
lists.opensuse.org
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Timeline

Published
Mar 12, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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