ghsa-fq8g-m89m-mrw9
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 01:01
Modified
2025-10-22 00:31
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-7855"
  ],
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      "CWE-416"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-11-01T22:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-fq8g-m89m-mrw9",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T00:31:17Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:01:34Z",
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      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-128"
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      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-36.html"
    },
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      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.googleblog.com/2016/10/disclosing-vulnerabilities-to-protect.html"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7855"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2119.html"
    },
    {
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      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93861"
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    }
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}


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