CVE-2016-0985

highpriority · attend · 54EPSS 0.261 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

26.1% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion."

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.3–9.3

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v2.09.3criticalAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-843USprimaryCWE-843US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-39461Adobe Flash - textfield Constructor Type Confusionfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Integrated Runtime≤ 20.0.0.260fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Flash Player≤ 18.0.0.329fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Flash Player≤ 11.2.202.569fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Flash Player19.0 → 20.0.0.306fstec_bduRU
adobe air desktop runtime≤ 20.0.0.233nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air sdk≤ 20.0.0.233nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air sdk & compiler≤ 20.0.0.233nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player≤ 20.0.0.286nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player≤ 20.0.0.272nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player≤ 18.0.0.326nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player≤ 11.2.202.559nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player desktop runtime≤ 20.0.0.286nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-02-10modified 2026-06-17

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references (27)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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