CVE-2016-1017: Adobe Air Desktop Runtime

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 6.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the LoadVars.decode function in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1011, CVE-2016-1013, CVE-2016-1016, and CVE-2016-1031.

Affected products

• Adobe Air Desktop Runtime: up to and including 21.0.0.176
• Adobe Air SDK: up to and including 21.0.0.176
• Adobe Air SDK & Compiler: up to and including 21.0.0.176
• Adobe Flash Player: up to and including 11.2.202.577; up to and including 18.0.0.333; up to and including 21.0.0.197
• Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime: up to and including 21.0.0.197

Published 2016-04-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.