CVE-2015-3042

Exp

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, 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-2015-3043.

Published: 2015-04-14 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-3042 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 51.91%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-3042

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37839 exploit_db edb 2015-08-19 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3042

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 2025-07-14 65.37% 51.91% -13.46%
2 2025-05-07 51.91% 65.37% +13.46%
3 2025-03-30 — 51.91% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3042

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-2015-3042

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3042

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2015-3042: 1 GLSA(s) (201504-07), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-3042
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3042
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-3042 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-2015-3042

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3042

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe flash_player <= 11.2.202.451 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3042

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