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CVE-2015-3043

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS Score

Published: April 14, 2015 at 10:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC

11 products affected across 4 vendorsEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux ServerEnterprise Linux Workstation· also runs on 3 platforms

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Severity

CRITICAL9.8

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 74%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score73.9%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 73.9% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 99% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.

Required Action

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

Ransomware Use

Unknown

Added to KEV

Mar 3, 2022

Remediation Due

Mar 24, 2022

1677 days overdue

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3043

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Flash Player · Adobe

95%

v < 11.2.202.457v < 13.0.0.28114.0.0.125 ≤ v < 17.0.0.169

Affected range stops below 11.2.202.457, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 13.0.0.281, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.0.0.169, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

apple-macos (environment) · linux-linux-kernel (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop · Novell

95%

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension · Novell

95%

Evergreen · openSUSE

95%

openSUSE · openSUSE

95%

Enterprise Linux Desktop · Red Hatrubygems

95%

Enterprise Linux Eus · Red Hatrpm

95%

Enterprise Linux Server · Red Hatrubygems

95%

Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Red Hatrubygems

95%

Enterprise Linux Server From Rhui · Red Hat

95%

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

95%

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

Windows · Microsoft

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (12)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00010.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00011.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00012.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0813.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74062

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032105

x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-06.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-787

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