{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6981 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2016-6981 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 13 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-6981 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-6981 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 13 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6981 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Adobe Flash Player. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6981/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-6981","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6981/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-6981","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-72xh-4q4w-qmf4","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6981"],"analysis":{"component_type":"browser","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Adobe Flash Player","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code via a use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, requiring users to upgrade to the latest version.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"adobe","cpe":[{"product":"flash_player","vendor":"adobe"},{"product":"flash_player_desktop_runtime","vendor":"adobe"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6987.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Use after free in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-6981","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"adobe:flash_player","products":["adobe:flash_player","adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-6982"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a di","id":"CVE-2016-6980"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2016-10-13","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion","id":"CVE-2017-11292","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2017-10-21"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2016-7892","kev_date_added":"2022-03-25","published":"2016-12-15"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2016-7855","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2016-11-01"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Integer Underflow Vulnerablity","id":"CVE-2014-0497","kev_date_added":"2024-09-17","published":"2014-02-05"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Incorrect Default Permissions","id":"CVE-2013-0643","kev_date_added":"2024-09-17","published":"2013-02-27"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Code Execution","id":"CVE-2013-0648","kev_date_added":"2024-09-17","published":"2013-02-27"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow","id":"CVE-2012-5054","kev_date_added":"2022-06-08","published":"2012-09-24"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code via a use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, requiring users to upgrade to the latest version.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6981/"}