{"id":"CVE-2016-4117","title":"Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in May 2016.","summary":"Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in May 2016.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"adobe","product":"flash_player","affected":["flash_player <= 21.0.0.226","enterprise_linux_desktop = 5.0","enterprise_linux_desktop = 6.0","enterprise_linux_server = 5.0","enterprise_linux_server = 6.0","enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui = 5.0","enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui = 6.0","enterprise_linux_workstation = 5.0","enterprise_linux_workstation = 6.0","evergreen = 11.4","opensuse = 13.1","opensuse = 13.2","linux_enterprise_desktop = 12","linux_enterprise_workstation_extension = 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Overview\n\nAdobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in May 2016.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `flash_player <= 21.0.0.226`\n- `enterprise_linux_desktop = 5.0`\n- `enterprise_linux_desktop = 6.0`\n- `enterprise_linux_server = 5.0`\n- `enterprise_linux_server = 6.0`\n- `enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui = 5.0`\n- `enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui = 6.0`\n- `enterprise_linux_workstation = 5.0`\n- `enterprise_linux_workstation = 6.0`\n- `evergreen = 11.4`\n- `opensuse = 13.1`\n- `opensuse = 13.2`\n- `linux_enterprise_desktop = 12`\n- `linux_enterprise_workstation_extension = 12`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version 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