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CVE-2016-6989

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X...

8.8 HighFix available

CVE-2016-6989 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Adobe Flash Player, published October 12, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.96%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in flash-player-plugin 11.2.202.637-1.mga5.nonfree.

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-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, and CVE-2016-6990.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

4.96%Up 1.9 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

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-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, and CVE-2016-6990.

Record
CVE-2016-6989
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, and CVE-2016-6990.

Record
CVE-2016-6989
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7874 No score

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-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, and CVE-2016-6990.

Record
EUVD-2016-7874
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x3mv-j3pj-w9wp 9.8

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X...

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-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, and CVE-2016-6990.

Record
GHSA-x3mv-j3pj-w9wp
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2016:2057 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: flash-plugin security update

Record
RHSA-2016:2057
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-6989 8.8

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-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, and CVE-2016-6990.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6989
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0346 No score

Updated flash-player-plugin package fixes security vulnerabilities

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.637 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 a type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-6992). This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-6981, CVE-2016-6987). This update resolves a security bypass vulnerability (CVE-2016-4286). This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, CVE-2016-6990).

Record
MGASA-2016-0346
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2512-1 No score

Security update for flash-playerqemu

flash-player was updated to version 11.2.202.637 to fix the following issues (bsc#1004019):

CVE-2016-6992: A type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution. CVE-2016-6981, CVE-2016-6987: use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution CVE-2016-4286: Security bypass vulnerability CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, CVE-2016-6990: Memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution

Also the EULA was updated to version 23.0 (bsc#1003993).

Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2512-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
flash-player-plugin
Mageia:5
 before 11.2.202.637-1.mga5.nonfree
11.2.202.637-1.mga5.nonfree
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:11.2.202.637-1.el5_11
0:11.2.202.637-1.el5_11
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:11.2.202.637-1.el5_11
0:11.2.202.637-1.el5_11
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
 before 0:11.2.202.637-1.el6_8
0:11.2.202.637-1.el6_8
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
 before 11.2.202.637-143.1
11.2.202.637-143.1
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
 before 11.2.202.637-143.1
11.2.202.637-143.1
flashplugin-nonfree
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 11.2.202.637ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions
11.2.202.310ubuntu111.2.202.327ubuntu0.13.10.111.2.202.332ubuntu111.2.202.335ubuntu111.2.202.336ubuntu1
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11.2.202.341ubuntu111.2.202.346ubuntu111.2.202.350ubuntu111.2.202.356ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.359ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.378ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.394ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.400ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.406ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.406ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.411ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.418ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.424ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.425ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.429ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.438ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.440ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.442ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.451ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.457ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.460ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.466ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.468ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.491ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.508ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.521ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.535ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.540ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.548ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.554ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.559ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.569ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.577ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.616ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.621ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.626ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.632ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.635ubuntu0.14.04.1
11.2.202.637ubuntu0.14.04.1
flashplugin-nonfree
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 11.2.202.637ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions
11.2.202.540ubuntu211.2.202.548ubuntu111.2.202.554ubuntu111.2.202.559ubuntu111.2.202.569ubuntu1
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11.2.202.577ubuntu111.2.202.616ubuntu111.2.202.621ubuntu0.16.04.111.2.202.626ubuntu0.16.04.111.2.202.632ubuntu0.16.04.111.2.202.635ubuntu0.16.04.1
11.2.202.637ubuntu0.16.04.1

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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