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Vulnerability · CVE-2015-3043

Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Published Apr 13, 2015 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Flash Player

Patch now

CVE-2015-3043 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
73.86%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/flash player · cpe novell/suse linux enterprise desktop · cpe novell/suse linux enterprise workstation extension · cpe opensuse/evergreen · cpe opensuse/opensuse · cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • cpe novell/suse linux enterprise desktop11.0
  • cpe novell/suse linux enterprise desktop12.0
  • cpe novell/suse linux enterprise workstation extension12.0
  • cpe opensuse/evergreen11.4
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse13.1
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop5.0
  • vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2015-3043

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2015-3043 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with novell/suse linux enterprise desktop 11.0; novell/suse linux enterprise desktop 12.0; novell/suse linux enterprise workstation extension 12.0; redhat/enterprise linux desktop 5.0. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 73.86%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 14, 2015 · Catalog

    Detected

    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-201

  2. Mar 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. Mar 24, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

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

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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-201

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-3043

    A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2015-3043

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2015-3043

    30-day exploitation probability 73.9%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference37536

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_multi/browser/adobe_flash_nellymoser_bof

    Public module reference (great). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-3043

    A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.