CVE-2016-7892
Published 2016-12-15 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source psirt@adobe.com
Summary
CVE-2016-7892 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 25, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by April 15, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Adobe has 83 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 11 of them linked to ransomware.
All 83 known-exploited Adobe vulnerabilities →Description
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 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Adobe — Flash Player
Name: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-03-25 · Due: 2022-04-15
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94877
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17

