Is CVE-2015-3043 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-3043 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-11-17.

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

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

How do I patch CVE-2015-3043?

Patch guidance is available from adobe security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2015-3043.

Fix CVE-2015-3043 - CRITICAL adobe flash player

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2015-3043?

19 products: adobe flash player, adobe flash player, adobe flash player, novell suse linux enterprise desktop, novell suse linux enterprise desktop, and 14 more.

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ADOBE
Published: 4/14/2015
Last Modified: 11/17/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

adobe : flash_playeradobe : flash_playeradobe : flash_playernovell : suse_linux_enterprise_desktopnovell : suse_linux_enterprise_desktopnovell : suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extensionopensuse : evergreenopensuse : opensuseopensuse : opensuseredhat : enterprise_linux_desktopredhat : enterprise_linux_desktopredhat : enterprise_linux_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_serverredhat : enterprise_linux_serverredhat : enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat : enterprise_linux_server_from_rhuiredhat : enterprise_linux_server_from_rhuiredhat : enterprise_linux_workstationredhat : enterprise_linux_workstation

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD