CVE-2016-7864 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.205 and earlier, and 11.2.202.643 and earlier, impacting various operating systems including Windows, macOS, and Linux. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating that it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability through arbitrary code execution. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild (not in KEV) and no public exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 23.0.0.205CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 23.0.0.205CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:* | ||
<= 23.0.0.205CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:* | ||
<= 11.2.202.643CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 23.0.0.205CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.