CVE-2016-7869

moderate-risk

Published 2016-12-15

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.

Do I need to act?

1.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.8/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Flash Player Desktop Runtime

Flash Player

Affected Vendors

Adobe

References (18)

Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.html

Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.html

Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html

Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94871

Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442

Third Party Advisory http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-624

Patch https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-15...

Patch https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.html

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17