CVE-2016-4230

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 32.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-07-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4173, CVE-2016-4174, CVE-2016-4222, CVE-2016-4226, CVE-2016-4227, CVE-2016-4228, CVE-2016-4229, CVE-2016-4231, and CVE-2016-4248.

Affected products

Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 18.0.0.360; through 22.0.0.192; through 11.2.202.626
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime: through 22.0.0.192

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00016.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00017.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138532/Adobe-Flash-MovieClip-Transform-Use-After-Free.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91719
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036280
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=844&q=adobe%20flash
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-093
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-25.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-03
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40311/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00016.html

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