CVE-2016-7855

ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2016-8704 ↗
Exploited in the Wild ✓ Confirmed 0-Day ★ Google Project Zero
Triaged: March 5, 2026 3 articles Published: 2016-11-01

EPSS Score

Source: FIRST.org · 2026-05-23
58.97%
probability
This CVE has a 58.97% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days.
0% Top 98.2th percentile of all CVEs 100%

CVSS v3.1

Source: VulnerabilityLookup (CIRCL)
8.8
HIGH
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2 (legacy)

9.3
HIGH
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

VulnerabilityLookup (CNA)
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.

Affected Products

n/a
n/a

Attack Intelligence

Google Project Zero

Discovered
Oct. 21, 2016
Patched
Oct. 26, 2016
Reported by
Neel Mehta and Billy Leonard from Google's Threat Analysis Group
Root Cause Analysis
???

Exploits & PoC

swagatbora90/CheckFlashPlayerVersion

Check the Browser's FlashPlayer version to check if it is vulnerable to exploit CVE-2016-7855

0 2016-10-26
1 repo — triés par ⭐ Rechercher sur GitHub ↗

Signal Intelligence

Confidence
95%
EPSS 58.97%
CVSS v3.1 8.8
Mentions 3
Last Seen Oct 26, 2016

CNA Information

CNA Assigner
adobe

Analyst Note

Auto-imported from Google Project Zero — confirmed zero-day by definition.

Triage Info

Decided atMar 05, 2026
Published DateNov 01, 2016