CVE-2016-7869

high

Published 2016-12-15 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

6.8

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable buffer overflow / underflow vulnerability in the RegExp class related to backtrack search functionality. 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: psirt@adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@adobe.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154

OS impact

OS	Version	Status
linux-kernel	-	not-affected
windows	-	not-affected
macos	-	not-affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
adobe	flash_player_desktop_runtime	`{"endIncluding":"23.0.0.207"}`
adobe	flash_player	`{"endIncluding":"23.0.0.207"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-787

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