PT-2016-2335 · Adobe+3 · Flash Player+3

Anton Ivanov + 1 · Published 2016-06-14 · Updated 2025-12-10 · CVE-2016-4171

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Flash Player versions 21.0.0.242 and earlier

Description The issue is related to errors in the code of the Flash Player platform, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. This has been exploited in the wild, with active exploitation reported in June 2016. The vulnerability can be exploited through unknown vectors, enabling remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Adobe Flash Player versions 21.0.0.242 and earlier, update to a version later than 21.0.0.242 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-17

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1648

BDU:2016-01726

CVE-2016-4171

MGASA-2016-0228

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1621-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1625-1

RHSA-2016:1238

RHSA-2016_1238

SUSE-SU-2016:1613-1

SUSE-SU-2016_1613-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Flash Player

Red Hat

Suse

References · 65

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4171 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0228 · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-03.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-18.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4171 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00031.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1238 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00038.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4171 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00035.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4171 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:1613-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0228.html · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01726 · Security Note