FKIE_CVE-2016-4117
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-05-11 01:59 - Updated: 2026-09-10 04:17
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/
Summary
Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in May 2016.
References
Impacted products
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