{"id":"CVE-2015-8042","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-8042","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:44:38.011Z","title":"Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.261 and 19.x before 19.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.548 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.241, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.241, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before…","description":"Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.261 and 19.x before 19.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.548 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.241, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.241, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.241 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted loadSound call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7651, CVE-2015-7652, CVE-2015-7653, CVE-2015-7654, CVE-2015-7655, CVE-2015-7656, CVE-2015-7657, CVE-2015-7658, CVE-2015-7660, CVE-2015-7661, CVE-2015-7663, CVE-2015-8043, CVE-2015-8044, and CVE-2015-8046.","published":"2015-11-11T13:00:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:33:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["adobe/flash player","adobe/air","adobe/air sdk","adobe/air sdk \\& compiler"],"epss":{"score":0.06171,"percentile":0.93437,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00071.html","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2023.html","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2024.html","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77533","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034111","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-563","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-28.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201511-02","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00071.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2023.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2024.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77533","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034111","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-563","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-28.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201511-02","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8042","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}