High 9.3Published Dec 10, 2015

CVE-2015-8446Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.204, Adobe AIR SDK…

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.204, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.204, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.204 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via an MP3 file with COMM tags that are mishandled during memory allocation, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8438.

CVSS: 9.3 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
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 11.2.202.548; through 18.0.0.261; 19.0.0.185; 19.0.0.207; 19.0.0.226; 19.0.0.245	NVD
adobe air adobe:air	through 19.0.0.241	NVD
adobe air_sdk adobe:air_sdk	through 19.0.0.241	NVD
adobe air_sdk_&_compiler adobe:air_sdk_&_compiler	through 19.0.0.241	NVD

References

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00012.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78712
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034318
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-609
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/apsb15-32.html	patch, vendor-advisory
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