CVE-2015-3042 Memory corruption in n/a
Attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player, requiring user interaction to view malicious content.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-3042?
CVE-2015-3042 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 14 Apr 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0347, CVE-2015-0350, CVE-2015-0352, CVE-2015-0353, CVE-2015-0354, CVE-2015-0355, CVE-2015-0360, CVE-2015-3038, CVE-2015-3041, and CVE-2015-3043.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3042?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Adobe Flash Player, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2015-3042?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-3042 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-3042 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xj5f-4p5c-vxq5, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3042.