CVE-2016-7869

high

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-17

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

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-15

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High