CVE-2015-8043
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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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 unspecified vectors, 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-2015-8042, CVE-2015-8044, and CVE-2015-8046.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 29.40% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 17 December 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- adobe/air · adobe/air sdk · adobe/air sdk \& compiler · adobe/flash player
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 29.4% since 26 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.
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-updates/2015-11/msg00071.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2023.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2024.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77533
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034111
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-28.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201511-02
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00071.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2023.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2024.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77533
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034111
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-28.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201511-02
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.