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CVE-2015-8636

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8636 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player and AIR, affecting Windows, OS X, and Linux versions. It allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through unspecified vectors, requiring user interaction. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its potential for full system compromise. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-39219), and it garnered substantial community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 20.0.0.204CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 18.0.0.268CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
21.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39219 · Jan 11, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2135 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 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, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 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-2015-8636Critical

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
exploit-db.com / exploits/39219
securityfocus.com / bid/79700
securitytracker.com / id/1034544