High 9.3Published Nov 11, 2015

CVE-2015-8042Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.261 and 19.x before 19.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.548 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.241, Adobe AIR SDK before…

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Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.261 and 19.x before 19.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.548 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.241, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.241, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.241 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted loadSound call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7651, CVE-2015-7652, CVE-2015-7653, CVE-2015-7654, CVE-2015-7655, CVE-2015-7656, CVE-2015-7657, CVE-2015-7658, CVE-2015-7660, CVE-2015-7661, CVE-2015-7663, CVE-2015-8043, CVE-2015-8044, and CVE-2015-8046.

CVSS: 9.3 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

adobe flash_player adobe:flash_player	through 18.0.0.255; 19.0.0.185; 19.0.0.207; 19.0.0.226; through 11.2.202.540	NVD
adobe air adobe:air	through 19.0.0.190; through 19.0.0.213	NVD
adobe air_sdk adobe:air_sdk	through 19.0.0.213	NVD
adobe air_sdk_&_compiler adobe:air_sdk_&_compiler	through 19.0.0.213	NVD

References

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00071.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2023.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2024.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77533
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034111
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-563
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-28.html	patch, vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201511-02

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