CVE-2016-4232

HIGH

Adobe Flash Player <18.0.0.366,19.x-22.x - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-4232. PoCs published by Google Security Research.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an information leak in Adobe Flash's Transform.colorTransform getter by overwriting the ColorTransform constructor with a getter that frees the MovieClip, leading to the exposure of unallocated memory values.

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 obtain sensitive information from process memory via unspecified vectors.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40355

This exploit demonstrates an information leak in Adobe Flash's Transform.colorTransform getter by overwriting the ColorTransform constructor with a getter that frees the MovieClip, leading to the exposure of unallocated memory values.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe Flash Player (versions affected by CVE-2016-4232)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Adobe Flash Player with vulnerable version · Ability to execute arbitrary ActionScript code
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00017.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-03
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00016.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-093
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40355/
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91724
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036280

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.3646
EPSS Percentile 98.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-401
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