Information disclosure in Adobe Flash Player
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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.048 (91.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.048 · newest: 0.048 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Flash Player — versions 14.0.0.125, 14.0.0.145, 14.0.0.176
- Apple Mac OS X
- Linux Kernel
- Microsoft Windows
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus — versions 6.6.z
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary — versions 6.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 11.0, 12.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00011.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-07 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1032105 (vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0813.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-06.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00012.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-3040?
- CVE-2015-3040 is a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2015-04-14.
- Is CVE-2015-3040 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.