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.

• CWE-416
• CWE-416

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2119.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93861Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037111Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-128Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-36.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10Third Party Advisory
• https://security.googleblog.com/2016/10/disclosing-vulnerabilities-to-protect.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2119.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93861Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037111Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-128Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-36.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10Third Party Advisory
• https://security.googleblog.com/2016/10/disclosing-vulnerabilities-to-protect.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7855US Government Resource

Published

Nov 1, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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