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Vulnerability record

CVE-2015-3043

Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CriticalExploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Flash Player, fix it now.

CISA required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Mar 24, 2022.

Patch status

Official fix available since

Apply the vendor's update to every affected system. Check the fixed-in versions below where known.

Basis: NVD patch reference

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in April 2015, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0347, CVE-2015-0350, CVE-2015-0352, CVE-2015-0353, CVE-2015-0354, CVE-2015-0355, CVE-2015-0360, CVE-2015-3038, CVE-2015-3041, and CVE-2015-3042.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
Flash PlayerAdobe< 11.2.202.457; < 13.0.0.281; >= 14.0.0.125, < 17.0.0.16911.2.202.457; 13.0.0.281; 17.0.0.169KEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2015-3043 scored CVSS 9.8: Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Flash Player systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

  2. Patch releasedUpdateKEV

    Patch released for CVE-2015-3043: Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability

    An official fix is now available for Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability is being exploited, so apply it promptly.

    Basis: NVD patch reference

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