adobe flash-player CVE-2016-7892 is a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player
Published on December 15, 2016

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.

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Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability in the TextField class.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 15, 2022: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2016-7892 is exploitable 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.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
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-2016-7892 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


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Exploit Probability

EPSS
23.26%
Percentile
95.87%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.