What is CVE-2016-1032?

CVE-2016-1032 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air Desktop Runtime, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2016-1032?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-1032 known to be exploited?

6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Air Desktop Runtime

CVE-2016-1032

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1012, CVE-2016-1020, CVE-2016-1021, CVE-2016-1022, CVE-2016-1023, CVE-2016-1024, CVE-2016-1025, CVE-2016-1026, CVE-2016-1027, CVE-2016-1028, CVE-2016-1029, and CVE-2016-1033.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-04-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.038 (89.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0610.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/85932 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035509 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1032?: CVE-2016-1032 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air Desktop Runtime, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2016-1032?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1032 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.