CVE-2015-8422 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player across Windows, OS X, and Linux, as well as Adobe AIR and its SDKs. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 10.0 and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability poses a severe risk. An exploit for this vulnerability, EDB-39046, is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has received significant community discussion and media coverage, including a BleepingComputer article detailing Adobe's patch efforts.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.2.202.548CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 19.0.0.241CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 19.0.0.241CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 19.0.0.241CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 18.0.0.261CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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