CVE-2016-4179

HIGH

Adobe Flash Player <18.0.0.366, 19.x-22.x - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-4179. PoCs published by COSIG.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup detailing CVE-2016-4179, a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that allows remote code execution via a crafted SWF file with invalid 'DefineBitsJPEG2' data. The document includes technical details and references to external PoC files.

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4172, CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, and CVE-2016-4246.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by COSIG · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40102

This is a writeup detailing CVE-2016-4179, a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that allows remote code execution via a crafted SWF file with invalid 'DefineBitsJPEG2' data. The document includes technical details and references to external PoC files.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Adobe Flash Player 22.0.0.192 and earlier
No auth needed
Prerequisites: User interaction required to visit a malicious webpage or open a crafted SWF file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40102/
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91725
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-093
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036280

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.2047
EPSS Percentile 97.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (4)
adobe/flash_player < 11.2.202.626
adobe/flash_player < 18.0.0.360
adobe/flash_player < 22.0.0.192 (3 CPE variants)
adobe/flash_player_desktop_runtime < 22.0.0.192
Published Jul 13, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026