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.
Are you affected?
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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
Recommended remediation
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. CISA due date May 4, 2022.
Official advisories
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.
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.
Apr 13, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
May 4, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
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
- Mailing List · lists.opensuse.org
- Mailing List · lists.opensuse.org
- Mailing List · lists.opensuse.org
- Mailing List · marc.info
- Third Party Advisory · rhn.redhat.com
- Broken Link · securityfocus.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dl.acm.org
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · docs.google.com
- Broken Link · helpx.adobe.com
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · securelist.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · securelist.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cve.org
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · fireeye.com
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.