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CVE-2015-8456

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8456 is a critical type confusion vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, Adobe AIR SDK, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 84/100 indicates significant potential danger.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19.0.0.226CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.226:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19.0.0.245CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.245:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0551 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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-2015-8456Critical

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

Dec 8, 2015

References

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
securityfocus.com / bid/78802
securitytracker.com / id/1034318