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title: "CVE-2016-0959\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-0959

Publication date 27 June 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0959?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Use after free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime before
20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release before 18.0.0.324,
Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash Player
for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash
Player for Internet Explorer 10 and 11 before 20.0.0.267, Adobe Flash
Player for Linux before 11.2.202.559, AIR Desktop Runtime before
20.0.0.233, AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, AIR SDK & Compiler before
20.0.0.233, AIR for Android before 20.0.0.233.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| adobe-flashplugin | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:20151228.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| flashplugin-nonfree | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 11.2.202.559ubuntu0.14.04.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0959)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0959)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-0959)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0959)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1294580>
* <https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0959>