CVE-2016-7869
Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable buffer overflow / underflow vulnerability…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- adobe
Description
Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable buffer overflow / underflow vulnerability in the RegExp class related to backtrack search functionality. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Timeline
ID reserved
By adobe
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.3% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Buffer Overflow / Underflow
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
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
References (9)
- SUSE-SU-2016:3148 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MS16-154 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-624 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 94871 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1037442 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2947 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:3160 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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