CVE-2016-7862
Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.205 and earlier, 11.2.202.643 and earlier have an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
02 Description
Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.205 and earlier, 11.2.202.643 and earlier have an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-11-08 17:45Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 02:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-09-09
- Assigning CNA
- adobe
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d4617de7e0641aac4be571155701cdf096f9a10219d86f8532fe707fe320800d
05 Affected products
06 References
- docs.microsoft.comMS16-141https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-141
- helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-37.html
- www.securityfocus.com94153http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94153
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2676http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2676.html
- www.securitytracker.com1037240http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037240
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-603
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201611-18https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-18
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- flashplugin-nonfree Fixed in 11.2.202.644ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- flashplugin-nonfree Fixed in 11.2.202.644ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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