High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-6984

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.

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Affected products

Adobe Inc./Flashplayerllm-create
Range: <18.0.0.382, <23.0.0.185, <11.2.202.637
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/flash-player&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/flash-player&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP1
< 11.2.202.637-143.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 11.2.202.637-143.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.2.202.637-143.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2057.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93490nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036985nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10nvdThird Party Advisory

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