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CVE-2016-1106

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.213 and earlier, as used in the Adobe...

7.5 HighPublic exploitFix available

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.213 and earlier, as used in the Adobe Flash libraries in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge, has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS16-064.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

37.2%Down 21.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.213 and earlier, as used in the Adobe Flash libraries in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge, has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS16-064.

Record
CVE-2016-1106
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.6 HighAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.213 and earlier, as used in the Adobe Flash libraries in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge, has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS16-064.

Record
CVE-2016-1106
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2210 No score

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.213 and earlier, as used in the Adobe Flash libraries in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge, has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS16-064.

Record
EUVD-2016-2210
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xc88-mqc5-vwxv 7.5

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.213 and earlier, as used in the Adobe...

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.213 and earlier, as used in the Adobe Flash libraries in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge, has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS16-064.

Record
GHSA-xc88-mqc5-vwxv
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0173 No score

Updated flash-player-plugin packages fix security vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.621 contains fixes to critical security vulnerabilities found in earlier versions that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

This update resolves type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1105, CVE-2016-4117).

This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1097, CVE-2016-1106, CVE-2016-1107, CVE-2016-1108, CVE-2016-1109, CVE-2016-1110, CVE-2016-4108, CVE-2016-4110).

This update resolves a heap buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1101).

This update resolves a buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1103).

This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (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).

This update resolves a vulnerability in the directory search path used to find resources that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-4116).

Adobe reports that an exploit for CVE-2016-4117 exists in the wild.

Record
MGASA-2016-0173
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1305-1 No score

Security update for flash-player

This update for flash-player fixes the following issues:

  • Security update to 11.2.202.621 (bsc#979422):

    • APSA16-02, APSB16-15, CVE-2016-1096, CVE-2016-1097, CVE-2016-1098, CVE-2016-1099, CVE-2016-1100, CVE-2016-1101, CVE-2016-1102, CVE-2016-1103, CVE-2016-1104, CVE-2016-1105, CVE-2016-1106, CVE-2016-1107, CVE-2016-1108, CVE-2016-1109, CVE-2016-1110, CVE-2016-4108, CVE-2016-4109, CVE-2016-4110, CVE-2016-4111, CVE-2016-4112, CVE-2016-4113, CVE-2016-4114, CVE-2016-4115, CVE-2016-4116, CVE-2016-4117
  • The following CVEs got fixed during the previous release, but got published afterwards:

    • APSA16-01, APSB16-10, CVE-2016-1006, CVE-2016-1011, CVE-2016-1012, CVE-2016-1013, CVE-2016-1014, CVE-2016-1015, CVE-2016-1016, CVE-2016-1017, CVE-2016-1018, CVE-2016-1019, CVE-2016-1020, CVE-2016-1021, CVE-2016-1022, CVE-2016-1023, CVE-2016-1024, CVE-2016-1025, CVE-2016-1026, CVE-2016-1027, CVE-2016-1028, CVE-2016-1029, CVE-2016-1030, CVE-2016-1031, CVE-2016-1032, CVE-2016-1033
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1305-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
flash-player-plugin
Mageia:5
before 11.2.202.621-1.mga5.nonfree
11.2.202.621-1.mga5.nonfree
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:11.2.202.621-1.el5
0:11.2.202.621-1.el5
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:11.2.202.621-1.el5
0:11.2.202.621-1.el5
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 0:11.2.202.621-1.el6_8
0:11.2.202.621-1.el6_8
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
before 11.2.202.621-130.1
11.2.202.621-130.1
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
before 11.2.202.621-130.1
11.2.202.621-130.1
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
before 11.2.202.621-130.1
11.2.202.621-130.1
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
before 11.2.202.621-130.1
11.2.202.621-130.1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBAdobe Flash - SetNative Use-After-Free2016-05-17

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-1106 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Adobe Flash Player, published May 11, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 37.2%, the 98th percentile. Fixed in flash-player-plugin 11.2.202.621-1.mga5.nonfree.

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