CVE-2016-7881

Publication date 15 December 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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 MovieClip class when handling conversion to an object. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
adobe-flashplugin	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 20161213.1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 20161213.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 20161213.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 20161213.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7881