Is CVE-2015-3043 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2015-3043 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added on March 3, 2022.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-3043?

CVE-2015-3043 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

CVE-2015-3043

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8CISA KEV: actively exploitedEPSS 73.9%EU EUVD: exploited

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, CVE-2015-0355, CVE-2015-0360, CVE-2015-3038, CVE-2015-3041, and CVE-2015-3042.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.8 (v3.1)
Severity: CRITICAL
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 73.9% (99th percentile)
In CISA KEV: Yes, added March 3, 2022
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2015-3124)
Published: April 14, 2015
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Analyzed

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Added to the KEV catalog on March 3, 2022; federal remediation due March 24, 2022.

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-3124 in the EU Vulnerability Database. ENISA flags it as known exploited. Last updated in EUVD on November 17, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

adobe / flash player
apple / mac os x
linux / linux kernel
microsoft / windows
novell / suse linux enterprise desktop
novell / suse linux enterprise desktop
novell / suse linux enterprise workstation extension
opensuse / evergreen
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server from rhui
redhat / enterprise linux server from rhui
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / enterprise linux workstation

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00010.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00011.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00012.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0813.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74062(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032105(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196(Issue Tracking)
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-06.html(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-07(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-3043(US Government Resource)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37536/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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