CVE-2015-8644
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allow attackers…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion."
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 26.12% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 February 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- adobe/flash player · adobe/air sdk · adobe/air sdk \& compiler · adobe/air
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS moved from 24.8% on 21 September 2026 to 26.1% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
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/2015-12/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00046.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00048.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79704
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034544
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-03
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39476/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00046.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00048.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79704
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034544
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-03
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39476/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.