What is CVE-2015-3043?

CVE-2015-3043 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2015-04-14.

How severe is CVE-2015-3043?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-3043 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2015-3043 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-03), indicating it is being actively exploited. 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player

CVE-2015-3043

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, as exploited in the wild in April 2015, 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-2015-3042.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.739 (99.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Adobe Flash_player
Apple Mac_os_x
Linux Linux_kernel
Microsoft Windows
Novell Suse_linux_enterprise_desktop — versions 11.0, 12.0
Novell Suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension — versions 12.0
Opensuse Evergreen — versions 11.4
Opensuse — versions 13.1, 13.2
Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
Redhat Enterprise_linux_eus — versions 6.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-03-03. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-03-24.

Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
psirt@adobe.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
psirt@adobe.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
psirt@adobe.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3043?: CVE-2015-3043 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2015-04-14.
How severe is CVE-2015-3043?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-3043 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2015-3043 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-03), indicating it is being actively exploited. 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.