CVE-2016-7855

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal remediation due 2022-03-24.

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

25.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.7% 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

2016-11-01 22:46Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

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

45f8239b463d991813386f2de03765f5e52953113ab4e803036daefeb28e0b06

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201610-10https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• docs.microsoft.comMS16-128https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-128vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.securitytracker.com1037111http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037111vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-36.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2119http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2119.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.googleblog.comhttps://security.googleblog.com/2016/10/disclosing-vulnerabilities-to-protect.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com93861http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93861vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7855government-resource