CVE-2015-3080

Exp

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.289 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.188 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.460 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 17.0.0.172, Adobe AIR SDK before 17.0.0.172, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 17.0.0.172 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2015-05-13 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-3080 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 56.55%, 99th 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-2015-3080

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37853 exploit_db edb 2015-08-19 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3080

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 67.83% 56.55% -11.28%
2 2026-03-04 65.20% 67.83% +2.63%
3 2026-03-01 — 65.20% —

Full EPSS history (47 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3080

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-2015-3080

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3080

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2015-3080: 1 GLSA(s) (201505-02), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-3080
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3080
suse medium CVE-2015-3080 severity moderate: SUSE including 7 source package names (flash-player-11.2.202.460-0.3.1, flash-player-11.2.202.460-83.1, …), 11 product×package rows across 5 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, … (5 product lines)): Fixed 11. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3080/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-3080 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree), 10 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 10. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3080

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2015-3080

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3080

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 17.0.0.169 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:17.0.0.169:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 11.2.202.475 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air <= 17.0.0.144 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air_sdk <= 17.0.0.144 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air_sdk_\&_compiler <= 17.0.0.144 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3080

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