What is CVE-2016-4273?

CVE-2016-4273 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash_player, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-10-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-4273?

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

Is CVE-2016-4273 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash_player

CVE-2016-4273

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 or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified v…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.548 (98.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

GLSA-201610-10 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
40510 (Exploit, exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
93490 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Broken Link)
RHSA-2016:2057 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
1036985 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4273?: CVE-2016-4273 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash_player, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-10-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-4273?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-4273 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.