9.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2015-8446

Published: 10/12/2015 Updated: 17/02/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 828
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

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

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adobe flash_player

adobe flash_player 19.0.0.226

adobe flash_player 19.0.0.207

adobe flash_player 19.0.0.245

adobe flash_player 19.0.0.185

adobe air

adobe air_sdk_\\&_compiler

adobe air_sdk

Vendor Advisories

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