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title: "CVE-2016-0972\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-0972

Publication date 10 February 2016

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

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0972?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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-2016-0976,
CVE-2016-0977, CVE-2016-0978, CVE-2016-0979, CVE-2016-0980, and
CVE-2016-0981.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| adobe-flashplugin | 15.10 wily | Fixed 1:20160209.1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:20160209.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:20160209.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| flashplugin-nonfree | 15.10 wily | Fixed 11.2.202.569ubuntu0.15.10.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 11.2.202.569ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 11.2.202.569ubuntu0.12.04.1 |

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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**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

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

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0972)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0972)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-0972)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0972)

### Other references

* <https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0972>