CVE-2016-4230

highpriority · attend · 56EPSS 0.322 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

32.2% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

16 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedflash-plugin-0:11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423
Fixedflash-plugin-0:11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423
Fixedflash-plugin-0:11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423
Fixedflash-plugin-0:11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423
Fixedflash-plugin-0:11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423

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 · medium–critical · 6.8–10

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

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

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

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-416USprimaryCWE-416US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-40311Adobe Flash - MovieClip Transform Getter Use-After-Freefunctional · exploit_db

affected products (16)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Flash Player≤ 18.0.0.366fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Flash Player19.0 → 22.0.0.209fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Flash Player for Linux≤ 11.2.202.632fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Internet Explorer≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Internet Explorer≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Edgeall versionsfstec_bduRU
adobe flash player≤ 18.0.0.360nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player≤ 11.2.202.626nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player≤ 22.0.0.192nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player desktop runtime≤ 22.0.0.192nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2016:1423Red Hat Security Advisory: flash-plugin security update2016-07-13csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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 redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-07-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (33)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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