THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-4232
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-4232

Flash Player Desktop Runtime vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
36.5%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Adobe
Affected product
Flash Player Desktop Runtime
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)
Published
2016-07-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 36.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-4232

  • Confirm whether Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-4232.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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