CVE-2016-6982 — flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32

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HIGH

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-32

Published Oct 13, 2016

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 4.96%

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.

Affected products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary

flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.637-1.el5_11

Fixed · RHSA-2016:2057
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.637-1.el6_8

Fixed · RHSA-2016:2057

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary	flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.637-1.el5_11	Fixed	RHSA-2016:2057
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary	flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.637-1.el6_8	Fixed	RHSA-2016:2057

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.96% 0.04957

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.04957

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	4.96% (0.04957)	91.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.96% (0.04957)	91.03th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Nov 28, 2025	3.50% (0.03502)	87.10th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	2.05% (0.02048)	82.26th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	4.74% (0.04742)	81.97th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	2.05% (0.02048)	82.66th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.97% (0.01971)	89.24th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 26, 2023	1.97% (0.01971)	87.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.40% (0.01399)	84.33th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	3.04% (0.03043)	83.70th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	3.04% (0.03043)	82.03th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	3.04% (0.03043)	64.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

References (9)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2057.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93490
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036985
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6982
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383931
Issue Tracking
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6982
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6982

Link	Providers	Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2057.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93490		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036985		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6982		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383931		Issue Tracking
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6982
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6982