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CVE-2015-8651: Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-05-25
• EPSS: 67.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-12-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

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.

Affected products

• Adobe Air: before 20.0.0.233 — fixed in 20.0.0.233
• Adobe Air Sdk: before 20.0.0.233 — fixed in 20.0.0.233
• Adobe Air Sdk & Compiler: before 20.0.0.233 — fixed in 20.0.0.233
• Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: before 11.2.202.559; before 18.0.0.324; from 19.0.0.185 before 20.0.0.267 — fixed in 11.2.202.559, 18.0.0.324, 20.0.0.267
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise Insight Control: before 7.6 — fixed in 7.6
• HP Insight Control Server Provisioning: before 7.6 — fixed in 7.6
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise Matrix Operating Environment: 7.6
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise System Management Homepage for Windows and Linux: before 7.6 — fixed in 7.6
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise Systems Insight Manager using OpenSSL: before 7.6 — fixed in 7.6
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM): before 7.6 — fixed in 7.6
• openSUSE Evergreen: 11.4
• Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0, 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 5.0, 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 5.0, 6.0
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 11-sp3, 11-sp4, 12, 12-sp1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: 12, 12-sp1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Air 20.0.0.233; Adobe Air Sdk 20.0.0.233; Adobe Air Sdk & Compiler 20.0.0.233; Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier. 11.2.202.559, 18.0.0.324, 20.0.0.267; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Insight Control 7.6; HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.6; Hewlett Packard Enterprise System Management Homepage for Windows and Linux 7.6; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Systems Insight Manager using OpenSSL 7.6; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) 7.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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/79705
• 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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