CVE-2016-0979

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-02-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

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 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0964, CVE-2016-0965, CVE-2016-0966, CVE-2016-0967, CVE-2016-0968, CVE-2016-0969, CVE-2016-0970, CVE-2016-0972, CVE-2016-0976, CVE-2016-0977, CVE-2016-0978, CVE-2016-0980, and CVE-2016-0981.

Affected products

Adobe Air Desktop Runtime: through 20.0.0.233
Adobe Air Sdk: through 20.0.0.233
Adobe Air Sdk & Compiler: through 20.0.0.233
Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 11.2.202.559; through 18.0.0.326; through 20.0.0.272; through 20.0.0.286
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime: through 20.0.0.286

References

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