CVE-2016-7892: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-25
EPSS: 18.8% 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 TextField class. 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/94877
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/94877

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