VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-8638

high
Published 2015-12-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641, CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8646, CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649, and CVE-2015-8650.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosnot-affected
linux linux-kernelnot-affected

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
adobeflash_player{"endIncluding":"11.2.202.554"}
adobeair_sdk{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.204"}
adobeair_sdk_\&_compiler{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.204"}
adobeair{"endIncluding":"20.0.0.204"}
adobeflash_player19.0.0.185
adobeflash_player19.0.0.207
adobeflash_player19.0.0.226
adobeflash_player19.0.0.245
adobeflash_player20.0.0.228
adobeflash_player20.0.0.235

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.