CVE-2016-6981

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

5.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 92.0% 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

Modified. 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

2016-10-13 19:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-23

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

803352d086ae9ef439768129a167d589fd98f1c075ab22a17b949fac13a376ce

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201610-10https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com93492http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93492vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2057http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2057.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securitytracker.com1036985http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036985vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK