CVE-2016-4117: Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03
EPSS: 94.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-05-11 · updated 2026-09-10

Description

Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in May 2016.

Affected products

Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 21.0.0.226
openSUSE Evergreen: 11.4
Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0, 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 5.0, 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server From Rhui: 5.0, 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 5.0, 6.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 12, 12-sp1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: 12, 12-sp1

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00046.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00047.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1079.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90505
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035826
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-02.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-15.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46339/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.html

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