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
EPSS: 0.048 (91.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Adobe Flash_player — versions 14.0.0.125, 14.0.0.145, 14.0.0.176
- Apple Mac_os_x
- Linux Linux_kernel
- Microsoft Windows
- Opensuse — versions 13.1, 13.2
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_supplementary — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus — versions 6.6.z
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary — versions 6.0
- Suse Suse_linux_enterprise_desktop — versions 11.0, 12.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- psirt@adobe.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
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.