# CVE-2016-7855: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

> CVE-2016-7855: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2016-7855
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:55:49Z

- Published: 2016-11-01 22:46 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55 UTC · Assigner: adobe
- CVSS: 8.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 25.2%, 98th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-03-03, federal due date 2022-03-24, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

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.

## CISA required action

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

## Affected vendors and products

- Adobe: Flash Player

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7855)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7855)
- [http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2119.html](http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2119.html)
- [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-128](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-128)
- [https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-36.html](https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-36.html)
- [https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10)
- [https://security.googleblog.com/2016/10/disclosing-vulnerabilities-to-protect.html](https://security.googleblog.com/2016/10/disclosing-vulnerabilities-to-protect.html)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93861](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93861)
- [http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037111](http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037111)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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