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CVE-2016-1022: Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows…

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 36/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 90.1% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client) 0:11.2.202.616-1.el5; flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:6) 0:11.2.202.616-1.el6_7; flash-player (SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12) 11.2.202.621-130.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client) 0:11.2.202.616-1.el5; flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:6) 0:11.2.202.616-1.el6_7; flash-player (SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12) 11.2.202.621-130.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1012, CVE-2016-1020, CVE-2016-1021, CVE-2016-1023, CVE-2016-1024, CVE-2016-1025, CVE-2016-1026, CVE-2016-1027, CVE-2016-1028, CVE-2016-1029, CVE-2016-1032, and CVE-2016-1033.

Published: Apr 8, 2016
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
EPSS: 3.7% · 90th percentile
CWE: CWE-787

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Low priority for now.

CVSS: 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 1 / 30 · 3.7%

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Vendor	Product	CPE
adobe	flash player	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player
adobe	flash player desktop runtime	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime
adobe	air desktop runtime	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_desktop_runtime
adobe	air sdk	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk
adobe	air sdk \& compiler	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler
linux	linux kernel	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel
apple	mac os x	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x
microsoft	windows	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows
microsoft	windows 10	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10
microsoft	windows 8.1	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1
google	chrome os	cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os
apple	iphone os	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

adobe air desktop runtimeup to 21.0.0.176 inclusive
adobe air sdkup to 21.0.0.176 inclusive
adobe air sdk & compilerup to 21.0.0.176 inclusive
adobe flash playerup to 21.0.0.197 inclusive
adobe flash playerup to 18.0.0.333 inclusive
adobe flash playerup to 11.2.202.577 inclusive
adobe flash player desktop runtimeup to 21.0.0.197 inclusive

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client	flash-plugin	before 0:11.2.202.616-1.el5	0:11.2.202.616-1.el5
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6	flash-plugin	before 0:11.2.202.616-1.el6_7	0:11.2.202.616-1.el6_7
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	flash-player	before 11.2.202.621-130.1	11.2.202.621-130.1

Same product

adobe: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2015-5119Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through…KEV
99Now
CVE-2015-3113Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.296 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.194 on Windows and OS X and before…KEV
99Now
CVE-2014-0497Integer underflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.261 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.44 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before…KEV
99Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2016-1020Apr 8, 2016 · Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows…
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← EarlierCVE-2016-1021Apr 8, 2016 · Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows…
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Later →CVE-2016-1023Apr 8, 2016 · Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows…
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
red hat:flash-plugin	0:11.2.202.616-1.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client	Package registry (OSV)
suse:flash-player	11.2.202.621-130.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
A user must open a link or visit a page.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log (1)

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC

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References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.html

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