Assessment
Why it matters
CISA lists this vulnerability as known to be exploited; exploitation is confirmed; EPSS is 95.7%; technical severity is CVSS 9.8.
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2015, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0315, CVE-2015-0320, and CVE-2015-0322.
Who should care
- Teams operating Flash Player, Edge, Internet Explorer +4 more
- Vulnerability and exposure management teams
- Security operations teams monitoring exploitation activity
Response plan
What I would do
- Confirm whether Flash Player, Edge, Internet Explorer +4 more is present in the environment.
- Identify affected versions and establish whether vulnerable services are exposed or reachable.
- The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
- Review relevant security telemetry for evidence of attempted or successful exploitation.
- Document the remediation decision and track it to verified completion.
Vendor remediation
Patch and remediation links
Use the vendor source below to confirm the correct fixed version, package or mitigation for your affected product.
Technical details
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-416
- Affected versions
- Adobe Flash Player (Start Including: 14.0.0.125, End Excluding: 16.0.0.305); Microsoft Edge (Version: -); Microsoft Internet Explorer (Version: 11); Opensuse Evergreen (Version: 11.4); Opensuse Opensuse (Version: 13.2); Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop (Version: 12); Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension (Version: 12)
- Published
- 2 February 2015
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
Signal timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Latest EPSS score: 95.7%
- Signal calculated at 84
External references
- Technical reference from github.com
- Government advisory from www.cisa.gov
- Third-party advisory from lists.opensuse.org
- Third-party advisory from lists.opensuse.org
- Third-party advisory from lists.opensuse.org
- Third-party advisory from lists.opensuse.org
- Exploit information from packetstormsecurity.com
- Third-party advisory from www.securityfocus.com
- Third-party advisory from www.securitytracker.com
- Third-party advisory from exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- Vendor advisory from helpx.adobe.com
- Exploit information from www.exploit-db.com