CVE-2015-0313
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 4 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2015, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0315, CVE-2015-0320, and CVE-2015-0322.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 95.34% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 25 March 2015
- CISA KEV
- Listed 13 April 2022 · due 4 May 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- adobe/flash player · opensuse/evergreen · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise workstation extension · microsoft/internet explorer · microsoft/edge
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 95.3% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0313
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131189/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-With-Workers-Use-After-Free.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62528Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62777Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62895Broken Link
- http://www.osvdb.org/117853Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72429Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031686Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100641Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-02.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-04.htmlBroken Link
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2755801Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36579/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131189/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-With-Workers-Use-After-Free.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62528Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62777Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62895Broken Link
- http://www.osvdb.org/117853Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72429Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031686Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100641Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-02.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-04.htmlBroken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.