CVE-2016-7879

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.7% 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-416

Description

Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the NetConnection class when handling an attached script object. 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/94873
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-619
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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