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CVE-2016-7892: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2016-7892
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability in the TextField class.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Adobeproduct: Flash PlayerMemory corruptionOther
What
A use-after-free vulnerability in Flash Player can be exploited.
Who is affected
Users of Adobe Flash Player are affected by this vulnerability.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to the critical nature of the vulnerability and active exploitation.
Action
Update Adobe Flash Player to the latest version to address this issue.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-03-25
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7892

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2016-7892coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for Adobe Flash Player

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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