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Vulnerability · CVE-2015-0313

Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Published Jan 14, 2015 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Flash Player

Patch now

CVE-2015-0313 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.

Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
95.27%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/flash player · cpe microsoft/edge · cpe microsoft/internet explorer · cpe opensuse/evergreen · cpe opensuse/opensuse · cpe suse/linux enterprise desktop

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.

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 opensuse/evergreen11.4
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse13.1
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse13.2
  • cpe suse/linux enterprise desktop11
  • cpe suse/linux enterprise desktop12
  • vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2015-0313

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2015-0313 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?

CWE-416: Use After Free. EPSS 95.27%. 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. Feb 2, 2015 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  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

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-0313

    Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute code.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2015-0313

    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,

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2015-0313

    30-day exploitation probability 95.3%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference36491

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

    exploit-db.com
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference36579

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

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_windows/browser/adobe_flash_worker_byte_array_uaf

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

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2015-0313

    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,

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131189/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-With-Workers-Use-After-Free.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-0313

    Use-after-free 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.