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CVE-2015-3043

Published: Apr 14, 2015Updated: Apr 21, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-787
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
79.8%
Top 0.4%
CISA KEV
Active Exploitation
Since Mar 3, 2022
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected Products

novell
commercial·USaka suse novell, novell suse
suse linux enterprise desktopOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
suse linux enterprise workstation extensionOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
opensuse
oss-project·DE
evergreenOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
opensuseOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
enterprise linux workstationOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux server from rhuiOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Adobe Systems Inc.
commercial·USaka adobe
Flash PlayerDesktop App
Consumer Software / media-player
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Exploitability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added to KEV:Mar 3, 2022
Remediation due:Mar 24, 2022

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

1 exploit source identified

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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00011.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00012.html
lists.opensuse.org
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