{
  "id": "CVE-2016-0984",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2016-0984",
  "published": "2016-02-10T20:59:32.563Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T00:38:36.370Z",
  "score": 8.8,
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.54544,
  "epss_percentile": 0.98994,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2022-05-25",
    "due": "2022-06-15",
    "action": "The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "Adobe Flash Player and AIR Use-After-Free Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0984"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "adobe"
  ],
  "products": [
    "adobe flash player",
    "adobe flash player desktop runtime",
    "adobe air desktop runtime",
    "adobe air sdk",
    "adobe air sdk & compiler"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-416"
  ],
  "description": "Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, and CVE-2016-0983.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 8.8,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html",
      "tags": [
        "Patch",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0984",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0984",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}