CVE-2016-4286

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-10-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 23.0.0.162; through 11.2.202.635; through 18.0.0.375
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime: through 23.0.0.162
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0, 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 5.0, 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 5.0, 6.0

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2057.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93497
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036985
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2057.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93497
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036985
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10

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