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Adobe Flash Player: APSB16-39 (CVE-2016-7870): Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

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Adobe Flash Player: APSB16-39 (CVE-2016-7870): Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/13/2016
Modified
11/18/2022

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 for specific search strategies. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • adobe-flash-upgrade-24-0-0-186-linux
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-24-0-0-186-macosx
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-24-0-0-186-windows

References

  • CVE-2016-7870

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