Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier, as used in the…
Priority MEDIUM 46Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Microsoft.
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier, as used in the Adobe Flash libraries in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge, has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS16-083.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04738 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Microsoft: 1 update
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Microsoft 1 update
- ADV160003 Released 2016-06-14June 2016 Adobe Flash Security Update
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-4126
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xhfc-5f5p-c55v
References
More Adobe Air Desktop Runtime vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-00925 Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-00916 Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.333 and 19.x through 21.x before… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2016-00892 Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2014-00547 Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.250 and 14.x and 15.x before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2016-00879 Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2016-00882 Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-4126 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-4126 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xhfc-5f5p-c55v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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