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CVE-2015-0313

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-0313 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player affecting versions before 13.0.0.269, 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X, and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild since February 2015, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 11.2.202.442CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13.0.0.269CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 14.0.0.125, < 16.0.0.305CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:evergreen:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
95.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Apr 13, 2022
Metasploit: Adobe Flash Player ByteArray With Workers Use After Free · Feb 2, 2015
ExploitDB: EDB-36579 · Mar 31, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9568 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-0313Critical

flash-plugin: use-after-free leading to code execution (APSB15-04)

Feb 2, 2015

References

github.com / cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196
Issue Tracking
cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00006.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/131189/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-With-Workers-Use-After-Free.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
secunia.com / advisories/62528
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/62777
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/62895
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/100641
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsa15-02.html
Vendor Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb15-04.html
Broken Link
technet.microsoft.com / library/security/2755801
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/36579
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
osvdb.org / 117853
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/72429
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1031686
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry