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CVE-2016-7874

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.0% 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 memory corruption vulnerability in the NetConnection class when handling the proxy types. 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/94866
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442
• 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
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94866

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