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CVE-2015-3043

Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.87397
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  • Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
  • SSVC exploitation status: active
  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Required Remediation

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

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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
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Affected Products & Versions

13
adobe flash player< 11.2.202.457
adobe flash player< 13.0.0.281
adobe flash player>= 14.0.0.125 and < 17.0.0.169
novell suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
novell suse linux enterprise workstation extensionall versions
opensuse evergreenall versions
opensuseall versions
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
remoteAdobe Flash Player - Nellymoser Audio Decoding Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)verified
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 37536www.exploit-db.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighFlash Player Update from Suspicious Location
productcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution
productcriticalWindows Credential Editor Registry
producthighOpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication
producthighWindows LAPS Credential Dump From Entra ID
producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · psirt@adobe.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD14 Apr 2015 · 10:59 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
SSVC asks the questions that actually drive patch urgency: is it being exploited, can attacks be automated, and how total is the impact.
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Vendor Advisories

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cisaKEV-CVE-2015-3043
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0722-1
rhsaRHSA-2015:0813Critical
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0239-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0493-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00010.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00011.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00012.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0813.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74062Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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