CVE-2016-4171

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2016-06-14
Bugzilla:
1346665: flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-18

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in June 2016.

Find out more about CVE-2016-4171 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (flash-plugin) RHSA-2016:1238 2016-06-17
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (flash-plugin) RHSA-2016:1238 2016-06-17

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