CVE-2016-4117

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.944 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 3 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

94.4% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

16 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-03-03remediate by 2022-03-24

required action The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

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.

cvss

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

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.8–10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v2.010criticalAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-17US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/osx/browser/adobe_flash_delete_range_tl_opAdobe Flash Player DeleteRangeTimelineOperation Type-Confusionweaponized · metasploit
EDB-46339Adobe Flash Player - DeleteRangeTimelineOperation Type Confusion (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
amit-raut/CVE-2016-4117-ReportA brief report on CVE-2016-4117 (A vulnerability in Adobe Flash)PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (16)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Flash Player≤ 21.0.0.226fstec_bduRU
adobe flash player≤ 21.0.0.226nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse evergreen= 11.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:evergreen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse= 13.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse= 13.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server from rhui= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server from rhui= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux workstation= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux workstation= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise desktop= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise workstation extension= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-05-11modified 2026-09-10

references (27)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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