How severe is CVE-2016-7892?

CVE-2016-7892 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 18.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2016-7892: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-25

Remediation due

2022-04-15

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

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7892

Description

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 15, 2026

All KEV statistics→

CISA added CVE-2016-7892 to the KEV catalog 1,926 days after its CVE record was published.
It is one of 82 Adobe entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 54 added in 2022.
Its current EPSS score (18.8%) is higher than that of 34% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	Adobe Flash Player 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier	Adobe Flash Player 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier

References

8 Links

Vendor advisories

Vulnerability databases

Other references

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

Record Details

Published

2016-12-15

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

adobe

Credited to

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