Assessment
Why it matters
CISA lists this vulnerability as known to be exploited; exploitation is confirmed; EPSS is 99.9%; technical severity is CVSS 9.8.
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.296 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.194 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.468 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in June 2015.
Who should care
- Teams operating Flash Player, Insight Orchestration, System Management Homepage +12 more
- Vulnerability and exposure management teams
- Security operations teams monitoring exploitation activity
Response plan
What I would do
- Confirm whether Flash Player, Insight Orchestration, System Management Homepage +12 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-119
- Affected versions
- Adobe Flash Player (End Excluding: 11.2.202.468); Hp Insight Orchestration (End Excluding: 7.5.0); Hp System Management Homepage (End Excluding: 7.5.0); Hp Systems Insight Manager (End Excluding: 7.5); Hp Version Control Agent (End Excluding: 7.5.0); Hp Version Control Repository Manager (Version: 7.6); Hp Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (End Excluding: 7.5.0); Opensuse Evergreen (Version: 11.4)
- Published
- 23 June 2015
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
Signal timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Latest EPSS score: 99.9%
- Signal calculated at 85
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
- Technical reference from marc.info
- Third-party advisory from rhn.redhat.com
- Third-party advisory from www.securityfocus.com
- Third-party advisory from www.securitytracker.com
- Technical reference from bugzilla.redhat.com
- Technical reference from bugzilla.suse.com
- Third-party advisory from security.gentoo.org