Actively exploited · Published Jan 23, 2015 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2015-0311

High 7.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Flash Player from Adobe. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on April 13, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 85.6% (higher than 99.7% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, public proof-of-concept code. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)85.6%top 0.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Apr 13, 2022
Attack tooling2Metasploit, Public PoC

CISA guidance

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

Federal agencies must remediate by May 4, 2022.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player through 13.0.0.262 and 14.x, 15.x, and 16.x through 16.0.0.287 on Windows and OS X and through 11.2.202.438 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2015.

Affected products (as reported)

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