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CVE-2016-7892 Adobe CVE debrief

CVE-2016-7892 is an Adobe Flash Player use-after-free vulnerability that CISA lists in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The key defensive takeaway is that the impacted product is end-of-life, so any remaining deployment should be treated as urgent legacy risk rather than a routine patching issue. CISA’s guidance for the KEV entry is to disconnect the product if it is still in use.

Vendor
Adobe
Product
Flash Player
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-03-25
Original CVE updated
2022-03-25
Advisory published
2022-03-25
Advisory updated
2022-03-25

Who should care

Security teams, endpoint administrators, and application owners responsible for any legacy systems that may still have Adobe Flash Player installed or enabled. This is especially important where older business workflows, kiosk systems, or archived content might still depend on Flash.

Technical summary

The available source corpus identifies the issue as a use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. CISA has added the CVE to its KEV catalog, which indicates known exploitation. The source notes do not provide additional technical details beyond the vulnerability class, product, and the fact that the product is end-of-life.

Defensive priority

High. Known exploited issues in an end-of-life product should be addressed immediately by removal, disconnection, or migration away from the affected software.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Inventory all systems for any remaining Adobe Flash Player installation or dependency.
  • Remove or disable Flash Player wherever possible.
  • If Flash Player is still required for a legacy workflow, disconnect or isolate the affected system as CISA recommends.
  • Replace Flash-dependent workflows with supported alternatives.
  • Verify that retired Flash components are not reintroduced through imaging, golden templates, or legacy software bundles.

Evidence notes

CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog lists CVE-2016-7892 as "Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability" and notes that the impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. The linked official records are the CISA KEV source item, the CISA KEV catalog, the CVE record, and the NVD detail page. No additional unsupported technical claims are used here.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2016-7892 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7892

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2016-7892 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7892

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.