Actively exploited · Published Dec 28, 2015 · Assigned by adobe
CVE-2015-8651
High 8.8 Exploited
In plain English
A high-severity integer overflow in Flash Player from Adobe. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on May 25, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 67.7% (higher than 99.3% of all known vulnerabilities). The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA guidance
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Federal agencies must remediate by Jun 15, 2022.
Official description
Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-190 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- openSUSE-SU-2015:2403 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- 1034544 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- RHSA-2015:2697 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 79705 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- SUSE-SU-2015:2401 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- SUSE-SU-2015:2402 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2015:2400 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- GLSA-201601-03 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-8651 government-resource