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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-0984

Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Published Jan 11, 2016 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Flash Player and AIR

Patch now

CVE-2016-0984 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 15, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player and AIR against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
54.54%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/air desktop runtime · cpe adobe/air sdk · cpe adobe/air sdk & compiler · cpe adobe/flash player · cpe adobe/flash player desktop runtime · vendor Adobe Flash Player and AIR

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.

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  • 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

How to fix CVE-2016-0984

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-0984 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 15, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player and AIR against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-416: Use After Free. EPSS 54.54%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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

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
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-0984

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

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.