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CVE-2015-8459

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-01

Published Modified CWE 119
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD10.0CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Red Hat. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

Description

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-2015-8460, CVE-2015-8636, and CVE-2015-8645.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
ubuntu 12.04flashplugin-nonfree11.2.202.559ubuntu0.12.04.1
ubuntu 14.04flashplugin-nonfree11.2.202.559ubuntu0.14.04.1
ubuntu 15.04flashplugin-nonfree11.2.202.559ubuntu0.15.04.1
ubuntu 15.10flashplugin-nonfree11.2.202.559ubuntu0.15.10.1

References

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