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CVE-2015-8431

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8431 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK, and AIR SDK & Compiler across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity. With a CVSS score of 10.0, the potential impact includes complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-39054), and the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 18.0.0.261CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19.0.0.207CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.207:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
43.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39054 · Dec 18, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4341 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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-0:11.2.202.554-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.554-1.el6_7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8431Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-32

Dec 8, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00012.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/apsb15-32.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201601-03
exploit-db.com / exploits/39054
securityfocus.com / bid/78715
securitytracker.com / id/1034318