CVE-2015-8636
HIGHEPSS 97th pctlDescription
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 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8459, CVE-2015-8460, and CVE-2015-8645.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00046.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00048.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79700
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034544
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-03
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39219/
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