CVE-2016-7855 KEV
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 25.2% (pctl 98)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-03-24.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 25.2% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-03-24 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-11-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2022-03-03 |
| Due | 2022-03-24 |
| Vendor / product | Adobe / Flash Player |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (12)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| adobe | flash player |
| apple | mac os x |
| chrome os | |
| linux | linux kernel |
| microsoft | windows |
| microsoft | windows 10 |
| microsoft | windows 8.1 |
| microsoft | windows rt 8.1 |
| microsoft | windows server 2012 |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
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
- 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
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