{
    "id": "CVE-2016-7855",
    "published": "2016-11-01 22:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:53:36",
    "cvss_score": "8.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-416",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.25198",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97867",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-03-24",
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:20:41",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-03-24."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "adobe",
            "product": "flash_player"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "apple",
            "product": "mac_os_x"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "google",
            "product": "chrome_os"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_10"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_8.1"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_rt_8.1"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_server_2012"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_desktop"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_server"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_workstation"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2016-7855",
        "date_added": "2022-03-03",
        "due_date": "2022-03-24",
        "vendor": "Adobe",
        "product": "Flash Player",
        "name": "Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}