CVE-2015-3081
Race condition in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.289 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.188 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.460 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 17.0.0.172, Adobe AIR SDK before 17.0.0.172, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Race condition in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.289 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.188 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.460 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 17.0.0.172, Adobe AIR SDK before 17.0.0.172, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 17.0.0.172 allows attackers to bypass the Internet Explorer Protected Mode protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 11.35% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 August 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- adobe/flash player · adobe/air · adobe/air sdk · adobe/air sdk \& compiler
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 11.4% since 4 November 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.
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/2015-05/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00016.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74613
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032285
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-09.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-02
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37842/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00016.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74613
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032285
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-09.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-02
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37842/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.