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CVE-2016-1024: Adobe Flash Player lets hackers control your computer

CVE-2016-1024 · published 10 years ago

Summary

Old versions of Adobe Flash Player on your computer can be taken over by hackers, allowing them to control your computer or crash it. This affects Windows, OS X, and Linux computers. Update Adobe Flash Player to the latest version to fix this problem.

What to do

The CVE record does not list a fixed version. Check the vendor's site or the advisory links below - a fix may already be released.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
adobe	flash_player	<= 11.2.202.577 <= 18.0.0.333 <= 21.0.0.197 `cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::::`
adobe	flash_player_desktop_runtime	<= 21.0.0.197 `cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime::::::::`
adobe	air_desktop_runtime	<= 21.0.0.176 `cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_desktop_runtime::::::::`
adobe	air_sdk	<= 21.0.0.176 `cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk::::::::`
adobe	air_sdk_\&_compiler	<= 21.0.0.176 `cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler::::::::`

Original advisory text

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-2016-1025, CVE-2016-1026, CVE-2016-1027, CVE-2016-1028, CVE-2016-1029, CVE-2016-1032, and CVE-2016-1033.

References

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

Fix within

Internet-facing 14 days

Internal At next upgrade

Not known to be exploited
Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
Gives an attacker full control (estimated)

Severity

8.8 High

Exploitation

4% chance of attack within 30 days

Type

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

Timeline

Published9 Apr 2016

Updated30 Oct 2026

First seen13 Mar 2026

Sources

CVE-2016-1024 · OSV

CVE-2016-1024 · NVD

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