CVE-2015-8043

Exp

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.261 and 19.x before 19.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.548 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.241, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.241, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.241 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7651, CVE-2015-7652, CVE-2015-7653, CVE-2015-7654, CVE-2015-7655, CVE-2015-7656, CVE-2015-7657, CVE-2015-7658, CVE-2015-7660, CVE-2015-7661, CVE-2015-7663, CVE-2015-8042, CVE-2015-8044, and CVE-2015-8046.

Published: 2015-11-11 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-8043 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 66.07%, 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-2015-8043

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
39022 exploit_db edb 2015-12-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8043

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 2026-02-17 70.97% 66.07% -4.90%
2 2026-01-02 72.58% 70.97% -1.61%
3 2025-06-27 — 72.58% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-8043

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-2015-8043

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-8043

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2015-8043: 1 GLSA(s) (201511-02), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-8043
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8043
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-8043 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree), 10 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily): released 10. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8043

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2015-8043

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-8043

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe air <= 19.0.0.213 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air_sdk <= 19.0.0.213 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air_sdk_\&_compiler <= 19.0.0.213 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 11.2.202.540 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air <= 19.0.0.190 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 18.0.0.255 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 19.0.0.185 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.185:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 19.0.0.207 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.207:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 19.0.0.226 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.226:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-8043

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