CVE-2016-6992

highpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.062 · 94 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

6.25% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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 by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion."

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-843USprimary

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 for 32-bit Systemsall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:::x86
Microsoft Windows 10 for x64-based Systemsall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:x64
Microsoft Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systemsall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_8.1:::x86
Microsoft Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systemsall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_8.1:::x64
Microsoft Windows RT 8.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-
Microsoft Windows Server 2012all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
adobe flash player≤ 11.2.202.635nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player≤ 18.0.0.375nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player≤ 23.0.0.162nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player desktop runtime≤ 23.0.0.162nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-3996Microsoft Windows: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Ausführen von beliebigem Programmcode mit BenutzerrechtenDeutsch2016-10-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Adobe Flash Player ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Benutzerrechten auszuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-10-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (16)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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