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SUSE: CVE-2016-7870: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-7870: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/14/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/14/2016
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)

  • suse-upgrade-flash-player
  • suse-upgrade-flash-player-gnome

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