---
id: "CVE-2016-7892"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2016-7892"]
title: "Adobe Flash Player: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.3
epss: 0.18786
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: [{"name": "Adobe Flash Player", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["browsers", "exploited", "linux", "macos", "other", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["flash-not-installed"]
published_at: "2016-12-15T06:59:56+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2016-7892", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7892", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:45+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7892", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# Adobe Flash Player: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player has a use-after-free bug in its TextField class that lets attackers run code on a victim's machine. CISA lists it as actively exploited in the wild.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Adobe Flash Player affected ? fixed ?

## How to check

Check whether Adobe Flash Player is installed on any machine, for example by looking for Flash Player plugin files or the Flash Player entry in installed programs.

## Fix

Uninstall Adobe Flash Player, since the product is end-of-life and no patched version is available to the sources; CISA says to disconnect it if still in use.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2016-7892
- 2026-10-23T19:13:45+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7892
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7892

## From the sources

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.

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