CVE-2015-3043 Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption
Attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player, requiring immediate upgrades.
- Exploited in the wild
- Since 3 Mar 2022
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-3043?
CVE-2015-3043 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 14 Apr 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, 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, as exploited in the wild in April 2015, 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-2015-3042.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3043?
It affects 11 products.
Products include Adobe Flash Player, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension, Opensuse Evergreen, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop and 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2015-3043?
Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 24 Mar 2022.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-3043 being exploited?
Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2015-3043 in the wild since at least 3 Mar 2022.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-68qr-58pp-42rr, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3043.