CVE-2016-7855 in Red Hat and Adobe Products
Published on November 1, 2016
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player Windows and OS and Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by March 24, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2016-7855 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.
CVE-2016-7855 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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