CVE-2016-7869

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 backtrack search 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

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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CVE-2016-7869: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix