CVE-2016-6980
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4263.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4263.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.57% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- adobe/digital editions
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 5.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93179Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036793
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb16-28.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93179Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036793
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb16-28.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.