CVE-2016-7868 — Out-of-bounds Write in Adobe Flash Player

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents5 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Adobe Flash PlayerAdobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime
Timeline
PublishedDec 15
Latest updateMay 14

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 alternation functionality. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDadobe/flash_player23.0.0.207+1

Patches

Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗Patch: helpx.adobe.com ↗Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-964j-69gr-3gpj: Adobe Flash Player versions 23↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-7868: Adobe Flash Player versions 23↗2016-12-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-39↗2016-12-13
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-39↗2016-12-13
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