CVE-2016-7857

high
Published 2016-11-08 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.205 and earlier, 11.2.202.643 and earlier have an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7857.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-37.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@adobe.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-141

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
redhat rhel5.0affected
redhat rhel6.0affected
linux linux-kernel-not-affected
macos macos-not-affected
windows windows-not-affected
windows windows1511not-affected
windows windows1607not-affected
windows windowsr2not-affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
adobeflash_player_for_linux{"endIncluding":"11.2.202.643"}
adobeflash_player{"endIncluding":"23.0.0.205"}

References

CWEs

CWE-416

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