CVE-2016-7869

high

Published 2016-12-15 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

8.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Not affected	—

macOS Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Not affected	—

Windows Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
adobe	flash_player_desktop_runtime	`{"endIncluding":"23.0.0.207"}`
adobe	flash_player	`{"endIncluding":"23.0.0.207"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-787

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.