CVE-2015-8647 json
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.…
published 2015-12-28 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-8524
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 7.4%
- EPSS 7.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8638, CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641, CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8646, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649, and CVE-2015-8650.
Patch / fix
- flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 11.2.202.559ubuntu0.14.04.1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8647
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- flash-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 11.2.202.559-1.el5
- flash-plugin RHEL 6 EXTRAS 11.2.202.559-1.el6_7
red hat advisories RHSA-2015:2697
- flash-player SLED 11 SP4, SLED 11 SP3 11.2.202.559-0.32.1
- flash-player SLED 12 SP1, SLED 12, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP1 +1 more 11.2.202.559-117.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:2402-1SUSE-SU-2015:2401-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8647 updated cvss 6.8
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-01
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 11.2.202.559-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 11.2.202.559-1.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 11.2.202.559-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 11.2.202.559-1.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 11.2.202.559-1.el6_7fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2697
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
7.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
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helpx.adobe.com
/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html
patch, vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00048.html
vendor-advisory
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rhn.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html
vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00046.html
vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00047.html
vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00045.html
vendor-advisory
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/201601-03
vendor-advisory
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securitytracker.com
/id/1034544
vdb-entry
- h20566.www2.hpe.com /portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
- h20566.www2.hpe.com /portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
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securityfocus.com
/bid/79701
vdb-entry
- zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-15-650
- h20566.www2.hpe.com /portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-8647
- NVD CVE-2015-8647
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