FKIE_CVE-2016-7855
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-11-01 22:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:53
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | flash_player | * | |
| apple | mac_os_x | - | |
| chrome_os | - | ||
| linux | linux_kernel | - | |
| microsoft | windows | - | |
| adobe | flash_player | * | |
| adobe | flash_player | * | |
| microsoft | windows_10 | - | |
| microsoft | windows_10 | 1511 | |
| microsoft | windows_10 | 1607 | |
| microsoft | windows_8.1 | - | |
| microsoft | windows_rt_8.1 | - | |
| microsoft | windows_server_2012 | - | |
| microsoft | windows_server_2012 | r2 | |
| adobe | flash_player | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | - | |
| adobe | flash_player | * | |
| apple | mac_os_x | - | |
| microsoft | windows | - | |
| 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 |
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