{"id":"CVE-2016-7878","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-7878","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:47:52.506Z","title":"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 PSDK's MediaPlayer class.","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 PSDK's MediaPlayer class. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.","published":"2016-12-15T06:59:42.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:53:42.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["adobe/flash player desktop runtime","adobe/flash player"],"epss":{"score":0.07947,"percentile":0.9471,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.95%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.html","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.html","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94873","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-620","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.html","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.html","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94873","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-620","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7878","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."}