# CVE-2015-3043

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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2015-3043
- CVSS: 9.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03; CISA due date 2022-03-24
- EPSS: 73.86% (percentile 99.5)
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module (first 2015-07-08)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-11-17)
- Weakness: CWE-787
- Published: 2015-04-14

## Affected

- adobe:flash_player
- novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop
- novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension
- opensuse:evergreen
- opensuse:opensuse
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation

## References

- [advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00010.html
- [advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00011.html
- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74062
- [advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-07
- [other] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032105
- [advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0813.html
- [exploit] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37536/
- [other] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-06.html
- [advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html
- [advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00012.html
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-3043
- [other] https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196

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