{"id":"CVE-2016-7866","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-7866","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:09:22.773Z","title":"Adobe Animate versions 15.2.1.95 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability.","description":"Adobe Animate versions 15.2.1.95 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.","published":"2016-12-15T06:59:30.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:53:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["adobe/animate"],"epss":{"score":0.15785,"percentile":0.96856,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-12-14","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40915,"kind":"exploit","title":"Adobe Animate 15.2.1.95 - Memory Corruption","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40915","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/40915.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/40915.txt","published":"2016-12-14","added":"2016-12-14","updated":"2016-12-14","author":"hyp3rlinx","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-7866"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/ADOBE-ANIMATE-MEMORY-CORRUPTION-VULNERABILITY.txt","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140164/Adobe-Animate-15.2.1.95-Buffer-Overflow.html","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/45","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539923/100/0/threaded","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94872","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb16-38.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40915/","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/ADOBE-ANIMATE-MEMORY-CORRUPTION-VULNERABILITY.txt","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140164/Adobe-Animate-15.2.1.95-Buffer-Overflow.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/45","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539923/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94872","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb16-38.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40915/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7866","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}