# CVE-2015-0311: Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

> CVE-2015-0311: Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2015-0311
Last updated: 2025-11-17T20:19:18Z

- Published: 2015-01-23 21:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-11-17 20:19 UTC · Assigner: adobe
- CVSS: 7.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 85.6%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-04-13, federal due date 2022-05-04, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player through 13.0.0.262 and 14.x, 15.x, and 16.x through 16.0.0.287 on Windows and OS X and through 11.2.202.438 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2015.

## CISA required action

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

## Affected vendors and products

- Adobe: Flash Player

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0311)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0311)
- [http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-01.html](http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-01.html)
- [http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-03.html](http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-03.html)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00027.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00027.html)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00031.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00031.html)
- [http://malware.dontneedcoffee.com/2015/01/unpatched-vulnerability-0day-in-flash.html](http://malware.dontneedcoffee.com/2015/01/unpatched-vulnerability-0day-in-flash.html)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/62432](http://secunia.com/advisories/62432)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/62543](http://secunia.com/advisories/62543)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/62650](http://secunia.com/advisories/62650)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/62660](http://secunia.com/advisories/62660)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/62740](http://secunia.com/advisories/62740)
- [http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-02.xml](http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-02.xml)
- [https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2755801](https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2755801)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72283](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72283)
- [http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031597](http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031597)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2015-0311 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2015-0311.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2015-0311 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:46:49.321Z