CVE-2016-6980
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute...
CVE-2016-6980 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Adobe Digital Editions, published September 26, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.57%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-6980- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-6980- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7865 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7865- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mw24-3x3m-jgj7
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute...
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.
- Record
GHSA-mw24-3x3m-jgj7- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |