CVE-2016-7855

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

01/11/2016

Last modified:

22/10/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::chrome::*		23.0.0.185 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::edge::*		23.0.0.185 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::internet_explorer::*		23.0.0.185 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::linux::*		11.2.202.637 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::chrome::*		23.0.0.185 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::edge::*		23.0.0.185 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::internet_explorer::*		23.0.0.185 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::linux::*		11.2.202.637 (including)

CVE-2016-7855

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools