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Known exploitedIn CISA's KEV catalog since 3 March 2022Ransomware use: unknown
Adobe Flash Player

CVE-2015-3043: Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 3 Mar 2022, 2,515 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
73.9%

EPSS score, percentile 99.5 of all scored records

How severe?
7.8 High

CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record

What should I do?

Required action (CISA), due 24 Mar 2022: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Advisories and patches (6)

Which versions are affected?

Not stated. The CVE record gives vendor and product as “n/a” and the version as “unspecified”.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

Required action, set by CISA

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

CISA due date for this action: 24 March 2022.

Advisories and patches

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

Affected products and versions

The CVE record does not name affected products or versions: vendor and product are “n/a” and the version is “unspecified”.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this vulnerability

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

  • CISA added CVE-2015-3043 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 3 Mar 2022.
  • CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
  • The due date CISA sets for the required action is 24 Mar 2022.
  • The CVE record was published on 14 Apr 2015, 2,515 days before it was added to KEV.
  • The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
  • FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 73.9% (percentile 99.5), as of 28 Oct 2026.
  • CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in April 2015, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0347, CVE-2015-0350, CVE-2015-0352, CVE-2015-0353, CVE-2015-0354, CVE-2015-0355, CVE-2015-0360, CVE-2015-3038, CVE-2015-3041, and CVE-2015-3042.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Weakness

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

DateEvent
14 Apr 2015CVE record published
3 Mar 2022Added to CISA KEV
24 Mar 2022CISA due date for the required action
17 Nov 2025CVE record last updated

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