CVE-2016-7862 (GCVE-0-2016-7862)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-08 17:45 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.205 and earlier, 11.2.202.643 and earlier have an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- Use after free
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS |
| https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-p… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94153 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
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| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037240 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-603 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-18 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Adobe Flash Player 23.0.0.205 and earlier, 11.2.202.643 and earlier |
Affected:
Adobe Flash Player 23.0.0.205 and earlier, 11.2.202.643 and earlier
|
Date Public
2016-11-08 00:00
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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