Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 16, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-4162
CVE-2016-4162
Description
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.352 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.242 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.621 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1096, CVE-2016-1098, CVE-2016-1099, CVE-2016-1100, CVE-2016-1102, CVE-2016-1104, CVE-2016-4109, CVE-2016-4111, CVE-2016-4112, CVE-2016-4113, CVE-2016-4114, CVE-2016-4115, CVE-2016-4120, CVE-2016-4160, CVE-2016-4161, and CVE-2016-4163.
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Affected products
10- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=21.0.0.198
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=21.0.0.198
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=11.2.202.616
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*range: <=21.0.0.216
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*range: <=21.0.0.241
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*range: <=18.0.0.343
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:*range: <=21.0.0.241
- (no CPE)range: <18.0.0.352 && >=19.0 <21.0.0.242 || <11.2.202.621 (Linux)
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=21.0.0.226
Patches
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References
4- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-15.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1079.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/90618nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08nvdThird Party Advisory
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