VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2016-7892
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 8.8EPSS 18.8%
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 18.79% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 March 2022 · due 15 April 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- adobe/flash player desktop runtime · adobe/flash player
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
CISA notes
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7892
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.htmlBroken Link
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94877Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.htmlBroken Link
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94877Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7892US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.