CVE-2015-8446

EXPLOITED RANSOMWARE

Adobe Flash Player <18.0.0.268,19.x,20.x - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2015-8446 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV), including in ransomware campaigns.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.204, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.204, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.204 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via an MP3 file with COMM tags that are mishandled during memory allocation, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8438.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78712
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034318
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-03
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-609

Scores

EPSS 0.0799
EPSS Percentile 94.1%

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2015-12-22
Ransomware Use Confirmed
CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (8)
adobe/air < 19.0.0.241
adobe/air_sdk < 19.0.0.241
adobe/air_sdk_\&_compiler < 19.0.0.241
adobe/flash_player 19.0.0.185
adobe/flash_player 19.0.0.207
adobe/flash_player 19.0.0.226
adobe/flash_player 19.0.0.245
adobe/flash_player < 11.2.202.548
Published Dec 10, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026