CVE-2015-8644

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 26.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-12-28 · updated 2026-06-17

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 by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion."

Affected products

Adobe Air: through 20.0.0.204
Adobe Air Sdk: through 20.0.0.204
Adobe Air Sdk & Compiler: through 20.0.0.204
Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 18.0.0.268; through 11.2.202.554; 19.0.0.185, 19.0.0.207, 19.0.0.226, 19.0.0.245, 20.0.0.228, 20.0.0.235

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/79704
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

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