CVE-2016-7872

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

7.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 94.1% 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

2016-12-15 06:31Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:13Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

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

a18211f7d066078115465fa218222587ec7a23a33f4911d5b55399a25f69bf78

• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:3148http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• docs.microsoft.comMS16-154https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-17https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com94873http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94873vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1037442http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2947http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-626x_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3160http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE