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Vulnerability · CVE-2015-0311

Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Jan 20, 2015 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Flash Player

Patch now

CVE-2015-0311 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 4, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
85.59%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/flash player · cpe microsoft/edge · cpe microsoft/internet explorer · cpe suse/linux enterprise desktop · cpe suse/linux enterprise workstation extension · vendor Adobe Flash Player

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player through 13.0.0.262 and 14.x, 15.x, and 16.x through 16.0.0.287 on Windows and OS X and through 11.2.202.438 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2015.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/edgeversion unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/internet explorer10
  • cpe microsoft/internet explorer11
  • cpe suse/linux enterprise desktop11
  • cpe suse/linux enterprise desktop12
  • cpe suse/linux enterprise workstation extension12
  • vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2015-0311

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2015-0311 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 4, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with microsoft/internet explorer 10; microsoft/internet explorer 11; suse/linux enterprise desktop 11; suse/linux enterprise desktop 12. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 85.59%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 23, 2015 · Catalog

    Detected

    Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player through 13.0.0.262 and 14.x, 15.x, and 16.x through 16.0.0.287 on Windows and OS X and through 11.2.202.438 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2015.

  2. Apr 13, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. May 4, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

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

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player through 13.0.0.262 and 14.x, 15.x, and 16.x through 16.0.0.287 on Windows and OS X and through 11.2.202.438 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2015.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-0311

    Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute code.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2015-0311

    Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player through 13.0.0.262 and 14.x, 15.x, and 16.x through 16.0.0.287 on Windows and OS X and through 11.2.202.438 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2015.

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2015-0311

    30-day exploitation probability 85.6%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference36360

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_multi/browser/adobe_flash_uncompress_zlib_uaf

    Public module reference (great). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2015-0311

    Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player through 13.0.0.262 and 14.x, 15.x, and 16.x through 16.0.0.287 on Windows and OS X and through 11.2.202.438 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2015.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-0311

    Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute code.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.