CVE-2016-7861: Adobe Flash Player

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 7.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.205 and earlier, 11.2.202.643 and earlier have an exploitable type confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Adobe Flash Player: up to and including 23.0.0.205
• Adobe Flash Player For Linux: up to and including 11.2.202.643
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 5.0 only; version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 5.0 only; version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 5.0 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2016-11-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.