CVE-2015-8640 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK, and AIR SDK & Compiler across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.0.0.245CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.245:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.