CVE-2016-7892

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2022-03-25

Actively exploited. CVE-2016-7892 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-25) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability in the TextField class.

CSIRTS triage

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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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 97% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2016-7892: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-25

External references

NVD record for CVE-2016-7892

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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