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CVE-2016-1006

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X...

8.1 HighFix available

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via JIT data.

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
None

Exploit likelihood

3.91%Up 2.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.1

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via JIT data.

Record
CVE-2016-1006
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via JIT data.

Record
CVE-2016-1006
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2110 No score

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via JIT data.

Record
EUVD-2016-2110
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5766-chm9-r2pw 9.8

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X...

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via JIT data.

Record
GHSA-5766-chm9-r2pw
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
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-1006 8.1

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via JIT data.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1006
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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-2016-0134 No score

Updated flash-player-plugin packages fix security vulnerabilities

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.616 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 hardens a mitigation against JIT spraying attacks that could be used to bypass memory layout randomization mitigations (CVE-2016-1006).

This update resolves type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1015, CVE-2016-1019).

This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1011, CVE-2016-1013, CVE-2016-1016, CVE-2016-1017, CVE-2016-1031).

This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1012, 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-2016-1032, CVE-2016-1033).

This update resolves a stack overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1018).

This update resolves a security bypass vulnerability (CVE-2016-1030).

This update resolves a vulnerability in the directory search path used to find resources that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-1014).

Adobe reports that CVE-2016-1019 is already being actively exploited on Windows systems.

Record
MGASA-2016-0134
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
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 11.2.202.616-1.mga5.nonfree
11.2.202.616-1.mga5.nonfree
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 0:11.2.202.616-1.el5
0:11.2.202.616-1.el5
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 0:11.2.202.616-1.el5
0:11.2.202.616-1.el5
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 0:11.2.202.616-1.el6_7
0:11.2.202.616-1.el6_7
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
From an advisory covering 49 CVEs
 before 11.2.202.621-130.1
11.2.202.621-130.1
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 49 CVEs
 before 11.2.202.621-130.1
11.2.202.621-130.1
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
From an advisory covering 49 CVEs
 before 11.2.202.621-130.1
11.2.202.621-130.1
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 49 CVEs
 before 11.2.202.621-130.1
11.2.202.621-130.1
flashplugin-nonfree
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 11.2.202.616ubuntu0.14.04.1, 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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11.2.202.341ubuntu111.2.202.346ubuntu111.2.202.350ubuntu111.2.202.356ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.359ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.378ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.394ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.400ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.406ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.406ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.411ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.418ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.424ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.425ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.429ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.438ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.440ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.442ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.451ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.457ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.460ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.466ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.468ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.491ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.508ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.521ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.535ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.540ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.548ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.554ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.559ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.569ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.577ubuntu0.14.04.1
11.2.202.616ubuntu0.14.04.1

History

History
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affected, facts
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-1006 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Adobe Flash Player, published April 8, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.91%, the 90th percentile. Fixed in flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.616ubuntu0.14.04.1.

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