CVE-2016-4249

highpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.071 · 94 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

7.13% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

16 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Heap-based buffer overflow 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.

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

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-119US

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.

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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 (24)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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