CVE-2016-0984

HIGH8.8

CISA KEV

Published 2016-02-10 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source psirt@adobe.com

Summary

CVE-2016-0984 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player and AIR. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 25, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 15, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Adobe has 83 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 11 of them linked to ransomware.

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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.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-416CWE-416

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Adobe — Flash Player and AIR

Name: Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Date added: 2022-05-25 · Due: 2022-06-15

Required action: The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

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