CVE-2015-3043 — Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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

01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2022-03-03. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2015-04-14T22:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-11-17T20:02:02.669Z
• Added to CISA KEV: 2022-03-03
• BOD 22-01 due: 2022-03-24

09References

• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00010.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00011.html
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74062
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-07
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032105
• rhn.redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0813.html
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37536/
• helpx.adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-06.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00012.html