CVE-2016-7855

Adobe Flash Player: Use-After-Free

As of , CVE-2016-7855 in Adobe Flash Player is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 3 March 2022
US federal deadline
24 March 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.25Higher than 97% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.06 on 3 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

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

CISA's 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.

The CVE record's description, from adobe

CVE published
1 November 2016
Assigned by
adobe
CVSS
8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-416
Use After Free
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Flash Player: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2014-0497Integer Underflow VulnerablityAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry0.99
CVE-2010-1297Memory CorruptionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.83; verified Exploit-DB entry0.83
CVE-2011-0609UnspecifiedAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.64; verified Exploit-DB entry0.64
CVE-2012-0754Memory CorruptionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.91; verified Exploit-DB entry0.91
CVE-2015-0311Remote Code ExecutionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.86; verified Exploit-DB entry0.86
CVE-2015-0313Use-After-FreeAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.95; verified Exploit-DB entry0.95
CVE-2015-3113Heap-Based Buffer OverflowAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry0.99
CVE-2015-5122Use-After-FreeAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.94; verified Exploit-DB entry0.94
CVE-2011-0611Remote Code ExecutionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry0.99
CVE-2012-1535Arbitrary Code ExecutionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.70; verified Exploit-DB entry0.70

All 33 entries for Flash Player

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