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 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: 2015-04-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-3040 is rated Moderate Risk (55.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.79%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +4.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3040

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 2026-06-15 0.76% 4.79% +4.04%
2 2025-05-07 0.48% 0.76% +0.27%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.48% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3040

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-3040

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3040

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2015-3040: 1 GLSA(s) (201504-07), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-3040
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3040
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-3040 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-2015-3040

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3040

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus 6.6.z cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.6.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 11.2.202.451 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux_workstation_extension 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_workstation_extension:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 13.0.0.264 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 15.0.0.152 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 15.0.0.239 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 16.0.0.235 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:16.0.0.235:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 16.0.0.257 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:16.0.0.257:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 16.0.0.287 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:16.0.0.287:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 16.0.0.296 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:16.0.0.296:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 17.0.0.134 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:17.0.0.134:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3040

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