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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-7892

Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Published Dec 13, 2016 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Flash Player

Patch now

CVE-2016-7892 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 15, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
18.79%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/flash player · cpe adobe/flash player desktop runtime · vendor Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the TextField class. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/flash player desktop runtimeversion unspecified
  • vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-7892

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-7892 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 15, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-416: Use After Free. EPSS 18.79%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 14, 2016 · Catalog

    Detected

    Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the TextField class. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

  2. Mar 25, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  3. Apr 15, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the TextField class. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-7892

    Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability in the TextField class.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-7892

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-7892

    30-day exploitation probability 18.8%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-7892

    Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the TextField class. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-7892

    Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability in the TextField class.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.