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CVE-2015-3040: 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 does not…

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 92% of all records.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client) 0:11.2.202.457-1.el5; flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:6) 0:11.2.202.457-1.el6_6; flash-player (SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12) 11.2.202.457-80.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client) 0:11.2.202.457-1.el5; flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:6) 0:11.2.202.457-1.el6_6; flash-player (SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12) 11.2.202.457-80.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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 does not properly restrict discovery of memory addresses, which allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0357.

Published
Apr 14, 2015
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
4.7% · 92th percentile

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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 4.7%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
adobeflash player
redhatenterprise linux desktop supplementary
redhatenterprise linux server supplementary
redhatenterprise linux server supplementary eus
redhatenterprise linux workstation supplementary
linuxlinux kernel
opensuseopensuse
susesuse linux enterprise desktop
susesuse linux workstation extension
applemac os x
microsoftwindows

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • adobe flash playerup to 11.2.202.451 inclusive
  • adobe flash playerup to 13.0.0.264 inclusive
  • adobe flash player14.0.0.125
  • adobe flash player14.0.0.145
  • adobe flash player14.0.0.176
  • adobe flash player14.0.0.179
  • adobe flash player15.0.0.152
  • adobe flash player15.0.0.167
+12 more rows
  • adobe flash player15.0.0.189
  • adobe flash player15.0.0.223
  • adobe flash player15.0.0.239
  • adobe flash player15.0.0.246
  • adobe flash player16.0.0.235
  • adobe flash player16.0.0.257
  • adobe flash player16.0.0.287
  • adobe flash player16.0.0.296
  • adobe flash player17.0.0.134
  • opensuse opensuse13.1
  • opensuse opensuse13.2
  • redhat enterprise linux desktop supplementary5.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::clientflash-pluginbefore 0:11.2.202.457-1.el50:11.2.202.457-1.el5
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6flash-pluginbefore 0:11.2.202.457-1.el6_60:11.2.202.457-1.el6_6
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12flash-playerbefore 11.2.202.457-80.111.2.202.457-80.1

Same product

adobe: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2015-5119Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through…KEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2015-3113Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.296 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.194 on Windows and OS X and before…KEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2014-0497Integer underflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.261 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.44 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before…KEV
    99Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2015-3038Apr 14, 2015 · 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…
    42Plan
  • ← EarlierCVE-2015-3039Apr 14, 2015 · Use-after-free vulnerability in 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…
    42Plan
  • Later →CVE-2015-3041Apr 14, 2015 · 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…
    42Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
red hat:flash-plugin0:11.2.202.457-1.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::clientPackage registry (OSV)
suse:flash-player11.2.202.457-80.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-200 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

json
{  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}

Fixed

json
{  "permissions": ["activeTab"],  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

References

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