CVE-2015-3113

Adobe Flash Player: Heap-Based Buffer Overflow

As of , CVE-2015-3113 in Adobe Flash Player is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 13 April 2022
US federal deadline
4 May 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.99Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.11 on 13 April 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry (1 verified)
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute code.

CISA's description

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.

The CVE record's description, from adobe

CVE published
23 June 2015
Assigned by
adobe
CVSS
7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-122
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 37536).
  3. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  4. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Public exploits

Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.

Flash Player: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2014-0497Integer Underflow VulnerablityAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry0.99
CVE-2010-1297Memory CorruptionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.83; verified Exploit-DB entry0.83
CVE-2011-0609UnspecifiedAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.64; verified Exploit-DB entry0.64
CVE-2012-0754Memory CorruptionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.91; verified Exploit-DB entry0.91
CVE-2015-0311Remote Code ExecutionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.86; verified Exploit-DB entry0.86
CVE-2015-0313Use-After-FreeAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.95; verified Exploit-DB entry0.95
CVE-2015-5122Use-After-FreeAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.94; verified Exploit-DB entry0.94
CVE-2011-0611Remote Code ExecutionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry0.99
CVE-2012-1535Arbitrary Code ExecutionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.70; verified Exploit-DB entry0.70
CVE-2015-3043Memory CorruptionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.74; verified Exploit-DB entry0.74

All 33 entries for Flash Player

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