CVE-2016-7868

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-12-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

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. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 23.0.0.207; through 11.2.202.644
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime: through 23.0.0.207

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94871
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-625
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html

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