Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2016-4227 — Use After Free in Adobe Flash Player

CWE-416 — Use After Free17 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
67.4%
top 1.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
2
Adobe Flash PlayerAdobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime
Timeline
PublishedJul 13
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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-2016-4228, CVE-2016-4229, CVE-2016-4230, CVE-2016-4231, and CVE-2016-4248.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDadobe/flash_player18.0.0.360+2

Patches

Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗Patch: helpx.adobe.com ↗Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-x89x-8gr3-3g6f: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4227: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18↗2016-07-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-4227: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18↗2016-07-13
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Adobe Flash - Selection.setFocus Use-After-Free↗2016-08-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-25↗2016-07-12
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Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-25↗2016-07-12
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Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-25↗2016-07-12
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Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-25↗2016-07-12
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Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-25↗2016-07-12
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