CVE-2016-0984

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-25. Federal remediation due 2022-06-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

54.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 98.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-02-10 20:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-22

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

eb3c1d993ae366211cbce9efac33510aac7e1d0f65f5cbd8cb0d30195dc3c070

• www.exploit-db.com39462https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0400http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securitytracker.com1034970http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201603-07https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0166http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0415http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0412http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0398http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0984government-resource