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CVE-2015-3040

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3040 is a memory address disclosure vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions before 13.0.0.281, 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X, and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux. This flaw allows attackers to bypass Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) protection mechanisms. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.6.zCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.6.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0479 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.457-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.457-1.el6_6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-3040Low

flash-plugin: information leaks leading to ASLR bypass (APSB15-06)

Apr 14, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00011.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00012.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0813.html
Third Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb15-06.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201504-07
securitytracker.com / id/1032105