CVE-2015-8651
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-190
- EPSS score
- 67.7% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- Yes, added May 25, 2022
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2015-8528)
- Published
- December 28, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Analyzed
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Added to the KEV catalog on May 25, 2022; federal remediation due June 15, 2022.
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-8528 in the EU Vulnerability Database. ENISA flags it as known exploited. Last updated in EUVD on October 21, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / air
- adobe / air sdk
- adobe / air sdk & compiler
- adobe / flash player
- apple / iphone os
- apple / mac os x
- google / android
- hp / insight control
- hp / insight control server provisioning
- hp / matrix operating environment
- hp / system management homepage
- hp / systems insight manager
- hp / version control repository manager
- linux / linux kernel
- microsoft / windows
- opensuse / evergreen
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise workstation extension
- suse / linux enterprise workstation extension
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- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
References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/2015-12/msg00045.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00046.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00047.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00048.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79705(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034544(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388(Third Party Advisory)
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680(Third Party Advisory)
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722(Third Party Advisory)
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html(Not Applicable, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-03(Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-8651(US Government Resource)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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