CVE-2015-8646

8.8 HIGH
Published: December 28, 2015 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8638, CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641, CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649, and CVE-2015-8650.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00045.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00046.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00047.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00048.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79701
Source: psirt@adobe.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034544
Source: psirt@adobe.com
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388
Source: psirt@adobe.com
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
Source: psirt@adobe.com
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
Source: psirt@adobe.com
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-03
Source: psirt@adobe.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00045.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00046.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00047.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00048.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79701
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034544
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-03
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.0%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft google adobe apple linux