CVE-2016-7855
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 23.0.0.205 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.643 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in October 2016.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 8.8 High
- Status
- Analyzed - psirt@adobe.com
- Published
- 2016-11-01
- Last modified
- 2025-10-21
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- since 2022-03-03, action due 2022-03-24: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Affected products
- Flash Player (Adobe)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2119.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93861
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037111
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-128
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-36.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10
- https://security.googleblog.com/2016/10/disclosing-vulnerabilities-to-protect.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7855
