CVE-2016-7892
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
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
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- 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
EPSS 18.8% 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.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.