CVE-2016-7866
Adobe Animate versions 15.2.1.95 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Adobe Animate versions 15.2.1.95 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 15.78% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 14 December 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- adobe/animate
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 15.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/ADOBE-ANIMATE-MEMORY-CORRUPTION-VULNERABILITY.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140164/Adobe-Animate-15.2.1.95-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/45
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539923/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94872
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb16-38.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40915/
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/ADOBE-ANIMATE-MEMORY-CORRUPTION-VULNERABILITY.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140164/Adobe-Animate-15.2.1.95-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/45
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539923/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94872
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb16-38.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40915/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.