CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-7855

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2016-11-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability — Adobe Flash Player

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player Windows and OS and Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Added to KEV: 2022-03-03
Remediation due: 2022-03-24
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7855

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2016-11-01
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-416

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 23.0.0.205 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.643 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in October 2016.

Affected configurations

• adobe flash player (<= 23.0.0.185) • adobe flash player (<= 11.2.202.637) • redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-416 Use After Free weakness

References