CVE-2015-3043
Adobe — Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Adobe · CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds write · in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03
EVRS 80 of 100 Urgent
Patch This Cycle
Rank 602 of 2,960 tracked
Why it scores 80
Evidence available: 6 of 7 signalsListed in the CISA KEV catalog, and an EPSS probability of 0.739.
- CISA KEVApplied
- RansomwareDid not apply
- Vendor exploitationDid not apply
- EPSSApplied
- Microsoft Exploitability IndexNot applicable
- Pre-patch disclosureNo data
- KEV recencyDid not apply
- CVSSApplied
The band answers “how soon”, not “how bad”. No data for: Pre-patch disclosure. Why some signals show no data
Fix
Patch or fixed version identifiedCISA required action
Fixed in
flashplugin-nonfree -> 11.2.202.457ubuntu0.14.04.1
Affected versions
- flash player
< 11.2.202.457< 13.0.0.281>= 14.0.0.125 < 17.0.0.169 - linux kernel
- mac os x
- windows
- suse linux enterprise desktop
11.012.0 - suse linux enterprise workstation extension
12.0 - evergreen
11.4 - opensuse
13.113.2
+6 more affected products; see the full list at NVD.
Remediation
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Fixed versions from NVD.
Evidence
Each value with its source| Measure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS base scoreHow severe the flaw is in itself. It does not say how likely an attack is. | 9.8 | NVD |
| FIRST EPSSFIRST's estimate of the chance this is exploited in the next 30 days, and how that ranks against all CVEs. | 0.739 (99.48th pctl) | FIRST EPSS |
| Actively exploitedWhether a source of record has confirmed attacks using it in the wild. | Confirmed | CISA KEV |
| Ransomware campaign useWhether CISA has seen ransomware operators use it. | Unknown or none | CISA KEV |
| CISA remediation deadlineThe date US federal agencies must have fixed or mitigated it. | 2022-03-24 · KEV since 2022 · listed over a year | CISA KEV |
| Public exploit moduleA module existing is not the same as active exploitation. | Public module exists | Metasploit |
| EUVD cross-referenceENISA's record: CVSS 7.8 (v3.1), assigned by adobe. | Listed | ENISA EUVD |
Description
NVDAdobe 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.
What CISA says to do
Public module
Metasploit lists a public great-rank module for this CVE: Adobe Flash Player Nellymoser Audio Decoding Buffer Overflow (multi/browser/adobe_flash_nellymoser_bof). A module existing is not the same as active exploitation; see metasploit.com.