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CVE-2016-4172

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X...

8.8 HighFix available

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4179, CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, and CVE-2016-4246.

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

4.34%Up 1.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4179, CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, and CVE-2016-4246.

Record
CVE-2016-4172
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 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4179, CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, and CVE-2016-4246.

Record
CVE-2016-4172
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5173 No score

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4179, CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, and CVE-2016-4246.

Record
EUVD-2016-5173
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6r2m-vp7m-4m93 9.8

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X...

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4179, CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, and CVE-2016-4246.

Record
GHSA-6r2m-vp7m-4m93
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-2016:1423 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: flash-plugin security update

Record
RHSA-2016:1423
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-2016-4172 8.8

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4179, CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, and CVE-2016-4246.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4172
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-2016-0251 No score

Updated flash-player-plugin packages fix 52 security vulnerabilities

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.632 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 race condition vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2016-4247).

This update resolves type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-4223, CVE-2016-4224, CVE-2016-4225).

This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-4173, CVE-2016-4174, CVE-2016-4222, CVE-2016-4226, CVE-2016-4227, CVE-2016-4228, CVE-2016-4229, CVE-2016-4230, CVE-2016-4231, CVE-2016-4248).

This update resolves a heap buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-4249).

This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-4172, CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4179, CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, CVE-2016-4246).

This update resolves a memory leak vulnerability (CVE-2016-4232).

This update resolves stack corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-4176, CVE-2016-4177).

This update resolves a security bypass vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2016-4178)

Record
MGASA-2016-0251
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1826-1 No score

Security update for flash-player

Adobe Flash Player was updated to 11.2.202.632 to fix many security issues tracked under the upstream advisory APSB16-25, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when delivering specially crafted Flash content.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

  • CVE-2016-4172: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4173: use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4174: use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4175: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4176: stack corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4177: stack corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4178: security bypass vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure
  • CVE-2016-4179: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4180: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4181: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4182: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4183: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4184: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4185: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4186: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4187: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4188: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4189: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4190: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4217: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4218: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4219: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4220: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4221: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4222: use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4223: type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4224: type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4225: type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4226: use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4227: use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4228: use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4229: use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4230: use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4231: use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4232: memory leak vulnerability
  • CVE-2016-4233: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4234: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4235: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4236: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4237: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4238: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4239: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4240: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4241: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4242: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution
  • CVE-2016-4243: memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to…
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1826-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
flash-player-plugin
Mageia:5
 before 11.2.202.632-1.mga5.nonfree
11.2.202.632-1.mga5.nonfree
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:11.2.202.632-1.el5_11
0:11.2.202.632-1.el5_11
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:11.2.202.632-1.el5_11
0:11.2.202.632-1.el5_11
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
 before 0:11.2.202.632-1.el6_8
0:11.2.202.632-1.el6_8
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
 before 11.2.202.632-137.1
11.2.202.632-137.1
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
 before 11.2.202.632-137.1
11.2.202.632-137.1
flashplugin-nonfree
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 11.2.202.632ubuntu0.14.04.1, 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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11.2.202.341ubuntu111.2.202.346ubuntu111.2.202.350ubuntu111.2.202.356ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.359ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.378ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.394ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.400ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.406ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.406ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.411ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.418ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.424ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.425ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.429ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.438ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.440ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.442ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.451ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.457ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.460ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.466ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.468ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.491ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.508ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.521ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.535ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.540ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.548ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.554ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.559ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.569ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.577ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.616ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.621ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.626ubuntu0.14.04.1
11.2.202.632ubuntu0.14.04.1
flashplugin-nonfree
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 11.2.202.632ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions
11.2.202.540ubuntu211.2.202.548ubuntu111.2.202.554ubuntu111.2.202.559ubuntu111.2.202.569ubuntu1
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11.2.202.577ubuntu111.2.202.616ubuntu111.2.202.621ubuntu0.16.04.111.2.202.626ubuntu0.16.04.1
11.2.202.632ubuntu0.16.04.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2016-4172 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Adobe Flash Player, published July 12, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.34%, the 91st percentile. Fixed in flash-player-plugin 11.2.202.632-1.mga5.nonfree.

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