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CVE-2016-0984

Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Published Feb 10, 2016 · updated Jun 16, 2026 · adobe flash player

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, and CVE-2016-0983.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 10, 2016 · Catalog

    Detected

    Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE

  2. May 25, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  3. Jun 15, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE

Required action

The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

CISA due date Jun 15, 2022

Affected

  • cpe adobe/air desktop runtimeversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/air sdkversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/air sdk & compilerversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/flash player desktop runtimeversion unspecified
  • vendor Adobe Flash Player and AIRversion unspecified

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-0984

    Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR allows attackers to execute code.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-0984

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-0984

    30-day exploitation probability 54.5%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference39462

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-0984

    Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allows attac

    nvd.nist.gov

References

CVE-2016-0984 · ZeroDay Findings