CVE-2016-6923

HIGH 8.8CVE-2016-6923 · Published 14/09/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-6923 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting flash player (adobe), flash player desktop runtime (adobe).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.0%, higher than 93.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
flash player adobe	`≤ 11.2.202.632≤ 18.0.0.366≤ 22.0.0.211`	No fix yet
flash player desktop runtime adobe	`≤ 22.0.0.211`	No fix yet

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4272, CVE-2016-4279, CVE-2016-6921, CVE-2016-6925, CVE-2016-6926, CVE-2016-6927, CVE-2016-6929, CVE-2016-6930, CVE-2016-6931, and CVE-2016-6932.

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1865.html · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/92927 · Broken Link
securitytracker.com/id/1036791 · Broken Link
helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.html · Patch
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

flash player

adobe

≤ 11.2.202.632≤ 18.0.0.366≤ 22.0.0.211

No fix yet

flash player desktop runtime

adobe

≤ 22.0.0.211

No fix yet

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