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title: "CVE-2016-7880\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-7880

Publication date 15 December 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7880?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and
earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability when setting the
length property of an array object. Successful exploitation could lead to
arbitrary code execution.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| adobe-flashplugin | 16.10 yakkety | Fixed 20161213.1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 20161213.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 20161213.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 20161213.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7880)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7880)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-7880)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7880)

### Other references

* <https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html>
* <https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-39.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7880>