CVE-2015-0308

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.429 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 16.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 16.0.0.272 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 16.0.0.272, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 16.0.0.272 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2015-01-13 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-0308 is rated High Risk (75.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.65%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.55% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-0308

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-04-23 5.10% 8.65% +3.55%
2 2025-03-30 13.62% 5.10% -8.52%
3 2025-03-29 13.62%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-0308

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-0308

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-0308

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2015-0308: 1 GLSA(s) (201502-02), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-0308
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0308
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-0308 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 8, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0308

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2015-0308

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-0308

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe adobe_air <= 15.0.0.356 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
adobe adobe_air <= 15.0.0.356 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 13.0.0.259 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 14.0.0.125 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.125:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 14.0.0.145 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.145:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 14.0.0.176 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.176:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 14.0.0.179 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.179:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.144 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.144:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.152 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.152:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.167 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.167:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.189 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.189:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.223 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.223:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.238 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.238:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.239 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.239:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.246 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.246:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 16.0.0.234 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:16.0.0.234:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 16.0.0.235 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:16.0.0.235:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air_sdk_and_compiler <= 15.0.0.356 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air_sdk_and_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air_sdk <= 15.0.0.356 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.425 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.425:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-0308

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