# CVE-2016-7855

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 23.0.0.205 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.643 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in October 2016.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2016-7855
- CVSS: 8.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03; CISA due date 2022-03-24
- EPSS: 25.20% (percentile 98.0)
- Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 1 GitHub proof of concept (first 2016-10-26)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-04)
- Weakness: CWE-416
- Published: 2016-11-01

## Affected

- adobe:flash_player
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation

## References

- [advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10
- [advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-128
- [other] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037111
- [other] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-36.html
- [advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2119.html
- [other] https://security.googleblog.com/2016/10/disclosing-vulnerabilities-to-protect.html
- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93861
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7855

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