01 Record
CVE-2016-7868
Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable buffer overflow / underflow vulnerability in the RegExp class related to alternation functionality.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: adobe
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable buffer overflow / underflow vulnerability in the RegExp class related to alternation functionality.
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
- 11.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.5% 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:3.1/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
- 2016-12-15 06:31Z9 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-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7c70213f7b857f6bcc75e13d583246590205aab5e2a6343607e863a35a46fe7a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aAdobe Flash Player 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlierAdobe Flash Player 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier—
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:3148http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.html
- docs.microsoft.comMS16-154https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154
- www.securityfocus.com94871http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94871
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-17https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17
- www.securitytracker.com1037442http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-625
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2947http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html
- helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3160http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.html