CVE-2015-8651
HIGH KEV RANSOMWAREAdobe Flash Player < 18.0.0.324, 19.x-20.x < 20.0.0.267, AIR < 20.0.0.233 - Remote Code Execution
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2015-8651 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added May 25, 2022, with confirmed use in ransomware campaigns.
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.
References (13)
Core 13
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00048.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034544
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
Not Applicable, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79705
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00046.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00047.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00045.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-03
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-8651
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.6770
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2022-05-25
VulnCheck KEV
2015-12-28
InTheWild.io
2015-12-28
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2015-8528
Ransomware Use
Confirmed
CWE
CWE-190
Status
published
Products (22)
adobe/air
< 20.0.0.233
adobe/air_sdk
< 20.0.0.233
adobe/air_sdk_\&_compiler
< 20.0.0.233
adobe/flash_player
< 11.2.202.559
hp/insight_control
< 7.6
hp/insight_control_server_provisioning
< 7.6
hp/matrix_operating_environment
7.6
hp/system_management_homepage
< 7.6
hp/systems_insight_manager
< 7.6
hp/version_control_repository_manager
< 7.6
... and 12 more
Published
Dec 28, 2015
KEV Added
May 25, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026