CVE-2016-6989

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.0% 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-787

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 execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, and CVE-2016-6990.

Affected products

Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 23.0.0.162; through 18.0.0.375; through 11.2.202.635
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime: through 23.0.0.162

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2057.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93490
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/93490
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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