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CVE-2015-8459

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8459 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, and related SDKs across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service over the network with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, media coverage and community discussion indicate active exploitation and significant attention at the time of its discovery, though no public exploit code is currently available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 20.0.0.204CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 20.0.0.204CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 20.0.0.204CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 11.2.202.554CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 18.0.0.268CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

10.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0612 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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-0:11.2.202.559-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.559-1.el6_7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8459Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-01

Dec 28, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00045.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00046.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00047.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00048.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-2697.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/apsb16-01.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201601-03
securityfocus.com / bid/79700
securitytracker.com / id/1034544