CVE-2015-0311
Published 2015-01-23 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source psirt@adobe.com
Summary
CVE-2015-0311 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on April 13, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 4, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Adobe has 83 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 11 of them linked to ransomware.
All 83 known-exploited Adobe vulnerabilities →Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player through 13.0.0.262 and 14.x, 15.x, and 16.x through 16.0.0.287 on Windows and OS X and through 11.2.202.438 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2015.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Adobe — Flash Player
Name: Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-04-13 · Due: 2022-05-04
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
References
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-01.html
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-03.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00031.html
- http://malware.dontneedcoffee.com/2015/01/unpatched-vulnerability-0day-in-flash.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62432
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62543
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62650

