CVE-2016-7892highunder attackCWE-416

CVE-2016-7892: high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.

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56Vexday Risk Score

Prioritize patching. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA.

ssvc Actcvss 8.8epss 19%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDDec 15
CISA KEV+1926d
What the vendors declare (VEX)

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Affected
1 product
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
no_fix_planned: Will not fix
Fixed
3 products
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) · Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) · Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2022-04-15

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

In short

Adobe Flash Player has a use-after-free bug in the TextField class that allows attackers to run arbitrary code on your computer. This happens when Flash tries to use text field data that has already been deleted from memory.

Technical detail

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player's TextField class (versions ≤23.0.0.207 and ≤11.2.202.644) allows remote code execution through crafted Flash content. Exploitation requires user interaction to load malicious SWF files; successful exploitation results in arbitrary code execution with user privileges.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.

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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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H