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
CWE-118
· Incorrect Access of Indexable Resource ('Range Error')
CWE-119
· Buffer Overflow
CWE-416
· Use After Free
CWE-664
· Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime
CWE-666
· Operation on Resource in Wrong Phase of Lifetime
CWE-672
· Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release
CWE-825
· Expired Pointer Dereference
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 ↗
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-128
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MS
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037111
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-36.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2119.html
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
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