CVE-2015-8649 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, and Adobe AIR SDK across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. This critical flaw, rated 8.8 HIGH, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely through user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, this vulnerability received significant media attention and community discussion at the time, with reports of active exploitation in the wild leading to an emergency patch release. Despite its past exploitation, no public exploit code is currently available in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB.
| 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
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