01 Record
CVE-2016-7879
Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the NetConnection class when handling an attached script object.
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 use after free vulnerability in the NetConnection class when handling an attached script object.
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
- 7.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.5% 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-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b18a193e4f22f50aa2a4e3714cd9a810ce1865ac187a70648c07e1e2c2d6f0b9
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
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-619
- 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
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-17https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17
- www.securityfocus.com94873http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94873
- www.securitytracker.com1037442http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442
- 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