Adobe Flash Player up to 18.0.0.268 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-8651. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 12/28/2015 (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-8651. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87656 (Adobe AIR <= 20.0.0.204 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-01)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168340 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for flash-player (SUSE-SU-2015:2402-1)). This issue was added on 05/25/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 06/15/2022:

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

Upgrading to version 18.0.0.324 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Zero-Day.cz (67), Tenable (87656), SecurityFocus (BID 79705†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55425†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-79926, VDB-79927, VDB-79930 and VDB-79931. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 87656
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 20.0.0.204 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-01)
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OpenVAS ID: 803490
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Air Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 Dec15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 18.0.0.324
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12/23/2015 🔍
12/28/2015 +5 days 🔍
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12/29/2015 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:2697
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-8651 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8651
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79946

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SecurityFocus: 79705
SecurityTracker: 1034544
Vulnerability Center: 55425 - [APSB16-01] Adobe Flash Player <20.0.0.267 Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-8651, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/29/2015 13:25
Updated: 04/23/2026 00:13
Changes: 12/29/2015 13:25 (39), 01/27/2018 12:39 (28), 07/01/2022 23:11 (5), 07/01/2022 23:25 (11), 07/01/2022 23:37 (1), 04/26/2024 17:27 (25), 07/01/2024 20:53 (2), 07/08/2024 04:16 (2), 09/09/2024 22:30 (1), 02/04/2025 23:48 (13), 04/23/2026 00:13 (11)
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