CVE-2015-3043
Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in April 2015, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0347, CVE-2015-0350, CVE-2015-0352, CVE-2015-0353, CVE-2015-0354, CVE-2015-0355, CVE-2015-0360, CVE-2015-3038, CVE-2015-3041, and CVE-2015-3042.
- 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
- 73.86% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 July 2015
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- adobe/flash player · novell/suse linux enterprise desktop · novell/suse linux enterprise workstation extension · opensuse/evergreen · opensuse/opensuse · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server from rhui · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 73.9% 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-2015-3043
Public exploits (1)
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/2015-04/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0813.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74062Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032105Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-06.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-07Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37536/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0813.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74062Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032105Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-06.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-07Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37536/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196Issue Tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-3043US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.