CVE-2016-0984
Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-05-25 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.
- Published2016-02-10
- WeaknessCWE-416
Am I affected?
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Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, and CVE-2016-0983.
Timeline
dates in UTCObserved activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-0984?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-0984?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20.0 | ≤ 20.0.0.272 | no fix published | NVD |
| 11.2 | ≤ 11.2.202.559 | no fix published | NVD |
| 18.0 | ≤ 18.0.0.326 | no fix published | NVD |
| 20.0 | ≤ 20.0.0.286 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20.0 | ≤ 20.0.0.233 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20.0 | ≤ 20.0.0.233 | no fix published | NVD |
2 more products in the sources.
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- CISA’s required action: The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.due 2022-06-15
Advisories and patches
- helpx.adobe.comPatch · Vendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Date Added
- 2022-05-25
- Patch Due Date
- 2022-06-15
- Ransomware Use
- Unknown
- Required Action
- The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Sources
- CISA KEVKEV entry2022-05-25
- GCVEexploitation2022-05-25
- CISA-ADPSSVC decisionactive2025-02-04
- OpenCVESSVC decisionactive—
- CISA-ADPCVSS 3.18.82025-02-04
- NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.09.3read 2026-10-23
- CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-4162025-02-04
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-416read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score54.5 %read 2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2016-02-10
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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