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Vulnerability · CVE-2015-8651

Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Published Dec 28, 2015 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Flash Player

Patch now

CVE-2015-8651 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 15, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
67.70%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/air · cpe adobe/air sdk · cpe adobe/air sdk & compiler · cpe adobe/flash player · cpe hp/insight control · cpe opensuse/evergreen

Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

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/airversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/air sdkversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/air sdk & compilerversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • cpe hp/insight controlversion unspecified
  • cpe opensuse/evergreen11.4
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop5.0
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop6.0
  • vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2015-8651

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2015-8651 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 15, 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 5.0; redhat/enterprise linux desktop 6.0. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-189; CWE-190: Integer Overflow. EPSS 67.70%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. 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. Dec 28, 2015 · Catalog

    Detected

    Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

  2. May 25, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. Jun 15, 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

    Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-8651

    Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player allows attackers to execute code.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2015-8651

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2015-8651

    30-day exploitation probability 67.7%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2015-8651

    Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allows attackers to exec

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-8651

    Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player allows 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.