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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-8044

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…

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 10.0EPSS 40.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 40.7%, higher than 99% 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-2015-8043, and CVE-2015-8046.

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
40.68% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 17 December 2015
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
adobe/air · adobe/flash player · adobe/air sdk · adobe/air sdk \& compiler
Source
psirt@adobe.com
EPSS trend
0%23%45%4 November 2026: 40.68%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 40.7% 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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-39021source ↗Adobe Flash MovieClip.lineStyle - Use-After-Freeswindows · Google Security Researchdos17 December 2015yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.