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title: "CVE-2016-4161\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-4161

Publication date 16 June 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

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4161?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.352 and 19.x through 21.x before
21.0.0.242 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.621 on Linux allows
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory
corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than
CVE-2016-1096, CVE-2016-1098, CVE-2016-1099, CVE-2016-1100, CVE-2016-1102,
CVE-2016-1104, CVE-2016-4109, CVE-2016-4111, CVE-2016-4112, CVE-2016-4113,
CVE-2016-4114, CVE-2016-4115, CVE-2016-4120, CVE-2016-4160, CVE-2016-4162,
and CVE-2016-4163.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| adobe-flashplugin | 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1:20160616.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| 15.10 wily | Fixed 1:20160616.1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:20160616.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:20160616.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| flashplugin-nonfree | 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 11.2.202.626ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| 15.10 wily | Fixed 11.2.202.626ubuntu0.15.10.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 11.2.202.626ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 11.2.202.626ubuntu0.12.04.1 |

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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**

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:3.1/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-2016-4161)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4161)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-4161)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4161)

### Other references

* <https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-15.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4161>