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High · 7.8 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2015-0311 EUVD-2015-0324GHSA-xvc3-rmmw-6hxp

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 thro…

Published Jan 23, 2015 · Updated Nov 17, 2025 · Assigned by adobe

Package: flashplugin-nonfree Ecosystem: Ubuntu

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.429ubuntu0.14.04.1 —

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 6 flash-plugin 11.2.202.440-1.el6 RHSA-2015:0094
RHEL 5 flash-plugin 11.2.202.440-1.el5 RHSA-2015:0094

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 1 repository

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 1

References