CVE-2016-4171
CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 97th pctlDescription
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in June 2016.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player allows for remote code execution.
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Remediation due: 2022-04-15
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00038.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91184
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036094
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1238
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-03.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-18.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/748992
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-4171
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