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CVE-2016-1031

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1011, CVE-2016-1013, CVE-2016-1016, and CVE-2016-1017.

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.securityfocus.com/bid/85926
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035509
• 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.securityfocus.com/bid/85926
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035509
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.html

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