CVE-2016-7892 (GCVE-0-2016-7892)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-15 06:31 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-04 21:34 UTC
CWE
- Use After Free
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
9 references
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| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-p… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94877 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-1… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Adobe Flash Player 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier |
Affected:
Adobe Flash Player 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier
|
Date Public
2016-12-14 00:00
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 6a02af8a-506c-4789-9f8a-00c2eae68ce7
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-03-25
Asserted: 2022-03-25
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability | Affected: Adobe / Flash Player | Description: Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability in the TextField class. | Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. | Due date: 2022-04-15 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7892
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-416 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Flash Player |
| Due Date | 2022-04-15 |
| Date Added | 2022-03-25 |
| Vendorproject | Adobe |
| Vulnerabilityname | Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-02-02 12:28 UTC
| Updated: 2026-02-06 07:17 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 6788ae4c-f0c3-4fe3-89de-2b5f40c816ff
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-03-25
Asserted: 2022-03-25
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: 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... | Affected: Adobe / Adobe Flash Player 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier | CVSS: 8.8 (HIGH) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | 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... |
| Vendor | Adobe |
| Product | Adobe Flash Player 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier |
| Added Date | 2022-03-25T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 8.8 |
| Epss Score | None |
| Cvss Severity | HIGH |
| Epss Percentile | None |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 14:05 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-10 06:14 UTC
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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