CVE-2016-1006

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via JIT data.

Affected products

Adobe Air Desktop Runtime: through 21.0.0.176
Adobe Air Sdk: through 21.0.0.176
Adobe Air Sdk & Compiler: through 21.0.0.176
Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 11.2.202.577; through 18.0.0.333; through 21.0.0.197
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime: through 21.0.0.197

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0610.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035509
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-050
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0610.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035509
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-050
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.html

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