Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2015-3113

Adobe Flash Player Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Published Jun 23, 2015 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Flash Player

Patch now

CVE-2015-3113 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
99.81%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/flash player · cpe hp/insight orchestration · cpe opensuse/evergreen · cpe opensuse/opensuse · cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop · cpe suse/linux enterprise desktop

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.

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  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • cpe hp/insight orchestrationversion unspecified
  • cpe opensuse/evergreen11.4
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse13.1
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse13.2
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop6.0
  • cpe suse/linux enterprise desktop12
  • cpe suse/linux enterprise workstation extension12
  • vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2015-3113

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2015-3113 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 redhat/enterprise linux desktop 6.0; suse/linux enterprise desktop 12; suse/linux enterprise workstation extension 12. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-119: Buffer Overflow; CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow; CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 99.81%. 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. Jun 23, 2015 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  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

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-3113

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

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2015-3113

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2015-3113

    30-day exploitation probability 99.8%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference37536

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

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

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

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2015-3113

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-3113

    Heap-based buffer overflow 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.