{"id":"CVE-2015-3043","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-3043","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T22:34:19.343Z","title":"Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability","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.","published":"2015-04-14T22:59:21.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:25:11.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["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"],"epss":{"score":0.73862,"percentile":0.99477,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-03-03","dueDate":"2022-03-24","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3043"},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2015-07-08","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":37536,"kind":"exploit","title":"Adobe Flash Player - Nellymoser Audio Decoding Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37536","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/remote/37536.rb","file":"exploits/multiple/remote/37536.rb","published":"2015-07-08","added":"2015-07-08","updated":"2017-04-01","author":"Metasploit","type":"remote","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2015-3113","CVE-2015-3043","OSVDB-120651"],"tags":"Metasploit Framework (MSF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). 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