# CVE-2015-8651: Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow

> An integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 25 May 2022 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Dec 2015
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8p63-f9jh-3gch, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8651

## What is CVE-2015-8651?

CVE-2015-8651 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air, published on 28 Dec 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

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.

Weakness: CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8651?

It affects 17 products.


Products: Adobe Air, Adobe Air Sdk, Adobe Air Sdk \& Compiler, Adobe Flash Player, Hp Insight Control, Hp Insight Control Server Provisioning, Hp Matrix Operating Environment, Hp System Management Homepage, Hp Systems Insight Manager, Hp Version Control Repository Manager, Opensuse Evergreen, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-8651?

Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 15 Jun 2022.

## Is CVE-2015-8651 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2015-8651 in the wild since at least 25 May 2022.

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Air

- [CVE-2016-1010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1010/): Adobe Flash Player and AIR Integer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-8439](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8439/): Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2012-2034](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2034/): Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-8459](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8459/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-8045](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8045/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-8651 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-8651 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air, published on 28 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2015-8651 in the wild since at least 25 May 2022.

Affected product: Adobe Air. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8651/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8651/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8651
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8651
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8651

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