CVE-2015-8407

critical

Published 2015-12-10 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.204, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.204, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.204 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8457.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Not affected	—

macOS Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
adobe	flash_player	`{"endIncluding":"11.2.202.548"}`
adobe	flash_player	`19.0.0.185`
adobe	flash_player	`19.0.0.207`
adobe	flash_player	`19.0.0.226`
adobe	flash_player	`19.0.0.245`
adobe	air_sdk	`{"endIncluding":"19.0.0.241"}`
adobe	air_sdk_\&_compiler	`{"endIncluding":"19.0.0.241"}`
adobe	air	`{"endIncluding":"19.0.0.241"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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