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CVE-2015-8044

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8044 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player across Windows, OS X, and Linux, as well as Adobe AIR and its SDKs. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with maximum impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 10.0. While not listed on CISA's KEV, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-39021) confirms the existence of public exploit code, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 19.0.0.213CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 11.2.202.540CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 19.0.0.190CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 18.0.0.255CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19.0.0.185CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.185:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
40.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39021 · Dec 17, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4068 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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-0:11.2.202.548-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.548-1.el6_7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8044Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-28

Nov 10, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00071.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-2023.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-2024.html
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb15-28.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201511-02
securityfocus.com / bid/77533
securitytracker.com / id/1034111