CVE-2016-4277

Publication date 14 September 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4271 and CVE-2016-4278.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
adobe-flashplugin	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 20160913.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 20160913.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 20160913.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4277