CVE-2016-4171

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-25. Federal remediation due 2022-04-15.

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

20.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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

2016-06-16 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-17 19:40Z9 MO AGO

Reserved

2016-04-27

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

61f25d7873d6dfac1afa89b07147fba88af066a921b68e9fe4073d508d5bdc72

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201606-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-03.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1625http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00038.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#748992https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/748992third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1238https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1238vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1621http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00035.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securitytracker.com1036094http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036094vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1613http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00031.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com91184http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91184vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-18.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-4171government-resource
• github.comhttps://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196issue-tracking