What is CVE-2016-6922?

CVE-2016-6922 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-09-14.

How severe is CVE-2016-6922?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-6922 known to be exploited?

11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player

CVE-2016-6922

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4274, CVE-2016-4275, CVE-2016-4276, CVE-2016-4280, CVE-2016-4281, CVE-2016-4282, CVE-2016-4283, CVE-2016-4284, CVE-2016-4285, and CVE-2016-6924.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.044 (90.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
psirt@adobe.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@adobe.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6922?: CVE-2016-6922 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-09-14.
How severe is CVE-2016-6922?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-6922 known to be exploited?: 11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.