CVE-2016-7868

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 alternation functionality. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Adobe Flash Player 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier	Adobe Flash Player 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.htmlBroken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94871Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-625Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.htmlBroken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94871Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-625Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 15, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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