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CVE-2015-3043

Q: Is CVE-2015-3043 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2015-3043 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-03-24.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-3043?

CVE-2015-3043 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-03-03 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.

Published2015-04-14
Fixed in17.0.0.169 · 13.0.0.281 · 11.2.202.457
WeaknessCWE-787

Am I affected?

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2015-04-1422:59CVE publishedNVD
2022-03-03Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
2022-03-03Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
2022-03-03Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
2025-11-1719:59SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP
2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2015-3043?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2015-3043?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Adobe flash playerversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
17.0	≥ 14.0.0.125, < 17.0.0.169	17.0.0.169	NVD
13.0	< 13.0.0.281	13.0.0.281	NVD
11.2	< 11.2.202.457	11.2.202.457	NVD

Novell suse linux enterprise desktop

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
11.0	= 11.0	no fix published	NVD
12.0	= 12.0	no fix published	NVD

Opensuse

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
13.1	= 13.1	no fix published	NVD
13.2	= 13.2	no fix published	NVD

8 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Update Adobe flash player to 17.0.0.169 · 13.0.0.281 · 11.2.202.457
CISA’s required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.due 2022-03-24

Advisories and patches

helpx.adobe.comPatch · Vendor Advisory

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added: 2022-03-03
Patch Due Date: 2022-03-24
Ransomware Use: Unknown
Required Action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Sources

CISA KEVKEV entry2022-03-03
GCVEexploitation2022-03-03
CISA-ADPSSVC decisionactive2025-11-17
OpenCVESSVC decisionactive—
CISA-ADPCVSS 3.17.82025-02-04
NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.010read 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-7872025-02-04
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-787read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score73.9 %read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2015-04-14
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3043?

Is CVE-2015-3043 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2015-3043 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-03-24.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-3043?

CVE-2015-3043 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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