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CVE-2016-0985

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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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…

CVE-2016-09853 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 38 = 7 + 22 + 2 + 7 + 0

rank@v1 · scheduled

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.26081  ·  without this subject the record ranks 31

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 8.8, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 16

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

rose on 2026-01-25  ·  without this subject the record ranks 36

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

8 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 31

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

no CISA due date  ·  without this subject the record ranks 38

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$1.30Mover the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement+$617,000on 2026-01-25, the last material move, 7 months before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$1.30M = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.26081 likelihood

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Hindsight · the state

0.26081EPSSNOT IN KEVas of 2026-09-20
Severity8.8 HIGHreceipt
Harmtotal lossreceipt
Exploitationnone in held sources
Defenseno fix version held
Movementfallenreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2026-06-15, 74 days at 0.26, as of 2026-08-28. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

Apple SafariGoogle ChromeApple iOS0985

This record is one instance of CWE-843, access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion'). The index holds 924 prior instances of this class, 42 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. taxonomy@v1

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Reachnetwork-reachable · no privileges required · user interaction required · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · NVD's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')receipt
Published consequencesCWE-843: Availability, Integrity, Confidentiality: Read Memory, Modify Memory, Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands, DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart[email protected]

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed inNo fix version in held sources, as the index stood on 28 Aug 2026.
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.

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Current rung: Nothing observed in held sources.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, NVD8.8 HIGHreceipt
Exploit probability0.26081 · top 2% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth5 products across 1 vendorderived
Assigned byadobereceipt
Recorded changes26 · last 19 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Named in the CPE rangesAdobe flash player; Adobe air sdk; Adobe flash player desktop runtime; and 2 morereceipt
Published rangesadobe flash player <= 11.2.202.559; adobe flash player desktop runtime <= 20.0.0.286; adobe flash player <= 18.0.0.326; adobe flash player <= 20.0.0.272receipt
Show all 8 published ranges
adobe flash player <= 11.2.202.559
adobe flash player desktop runtime <= 20.0.0.286
adobe flash player <= 18.0.0.326
adobe flash player <= 20.0.0.272
adobe flash player <= 20.0.0.286
adobe air desktop runtime <= 20.0.0.233
adobe air sdk <= 20.0.0.233
adobe air sdk \& compiler <= 20.0.0.233

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What it is stated by the CNA

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 by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion." receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
weakness
CWE-843
affected versions
adobe flash player <= 11.2.202.559; adobe flash player desktop runtime <= 20.0.0.286; adobe flash player <= 18.0.0.326; and 5 more, listed in full below

check it yourself lists.opensuse.org securitytracker.com exploit-db.com security.gentoo.org rhn.redhat.com lists.opensuse.org +3 morereceipt

Dated events

2023-03-07EPSS moved 0.85 to 0.962024-12-17EPSS moved 0.92 to 0.342026-06-15EPSS moved 0.59 to 0.27

Movement the material steps

4 Feb 20220.84976
7 Mar 20230.96093 · crossed 0.90 · scoring model v2023.03.01
17 Dec 20240.33527 · crossed 0.50 and 0.90
17 Mar 20250.48281 · scoring model v2025.03.14
19 Mar 20250.50694 · crossed 0.50
29 Mar 20250.63128
30 Mar 20250.50694
10 Dec 20250.4854 · crossed 0.50
25 Jan 20260.60786 · crossed 0.50
15 Jun 20260.27266 · crossed 0.50 · scoring model v2026.06.15
28 Aug 20260.26081
Show all 26 observations
4 Feb 20220.84976
7 Mar 20230.96093
8 May 20230.95367
13 May 20230.95537
19 Jun 20230.95759
23 Jul 20230.95665
25 Aug 20230.94424
28 Sep 20230.93836
31 Oct 20230.93643
3 Dec 20230.92603
5 Feb 20240.92990
4 Sep 20240.93398
17 Oct 20240.92039
17 Dec 20240.33527
17 Mar 20250.48281
19 Mar 20250.50694
29 Mar 20250.63128
30 Mar 20250.50694
27 May 20250.50623
9 Jul 20250.5305
10 Dec 20250.4854
20 Dec 20250.48412
25 Jan 20260.60786
3 Apr 20260.58642
15 Jun 20260.27266
28 Aug 20260.26081

26 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.26081Published2016-02-10Index as of2026-08-28

The record had been public for 10 years, 6 months when this index was last written.

Published 2016-02-10 receipt · Index as of 2026-08-28 derived

The pattern, elsewhere

This record is one instance of CWE-843, access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion'). The index holds 924 prior instances of this class, 42 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. [email protected]

CVE-2024-23222 · Apple Safarimatches 8 of 8KEV listed · 2024receipt
CVE-2023-2033 · Google Chromematches 8 of 8KEV listed · 2023receipt
CVE-2023-23529 · Apple iOS and iPadOSmatches 8 of 8KEV listed · 2023receipt
CVE-2023-3079 · Google Chromematches 8 of 8KEV listed · 2023receipt
CVE-2023-32439 · Apple iOS and iPadOSmatches 8 of 8KEV listed · 2023receipt
CVE-2023-4762 · Google Chromematches 8 of 8KEV listed · 2023receipt

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924 records in this class held. The six above are drawn from the ones CISA has listed as exploited, ranked by how much of the record matches this one. That is why every one of them is KEV-listed: the pool is, so the colour on those spokes says nothing the pool has not already said.

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