CVE-2016-6992

HIGH 8.8CVE-2016-6992 · Published 13/10/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-6992 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): 6.2%, higher than 93.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
flash player adobe	`≤ 11.2.202.635≤ 18.0.0.375≤ 23.0.0.162`	No fix yet
flash player desktop runtime adobe	`≤ 23.0.0.162`	No fix yet

Description

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 by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion."

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2057.html · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/93488 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1036985 · Broken Link
helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.html · Patch
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

flash player

adobe

≤ 11.2.202.635≤ 18.0.0.375≤ 23.0.0.162

No fix yet

flash player desktop runtime

adobe

≤ 23.0.0.162

No fix yet

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