CVE-2016-0979

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Oct 23, 2026

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0964, CVE-2016-0965, CVE-2016-0966, CVE-2016-0967, CVE-2016-0968, CVE-2016-0969, CVE-2016-0970, CVE-2016-0972, CVE-2016-0976, CVE-2016-0977, CVE-2016-0978, CVE-2016-0980, and CVE-2016-0981.

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Affected products

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Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.

Evidence coverage

SSVC priority

MEDIUM

Confidence

10%

Aliases

None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

1. SUSE-SU-2016:0400 ↗
2. 1034970 ↗
3. GLSA-201603-07 ↗
4. RHSA-2016:0166 ↗
5. openSUSE-SU-2016:0415 ↗
6. openSUSE-SU-2016:0412 ↗
7. helpx.adobe.com ↗
8. SUSE-SU-2016:0398 ↗

Record history

Published Feb 10, 2016 · Last refreshed Oct 23, 2026