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# CVE-2015-8043

Publication date 11 November 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.261 and
19.x before 19.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.548 on
Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.241, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.241, and
Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.241 allows attackers to execute
arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than
CVE-2015-7651, CVE-2015-7652, CVE-2015-7653, CVE-2015-7654, CVE-2015-7655,
CVE-2015-7656, CVE-2015-7657, CVE-2015-7658, CVE-2015-7660, CVE-2015-7661,
CVE-2015-7663, CVE-2015-8042, CVE-2015-8044, and CVE-2015-8046.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| adobe-flashplugin | 15.10 wily | Fixed 1:20151110.1-0wily1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 1:20151110.1-0vivid1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:20151110.1-0trusty1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:20151110.1-0precise1 |
| flashplugin-nonfree | 15.10 wily | Fixed 11.2.202.548ubuntu0.15.10.1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 11.2.202.548ubuntu0.15.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 11.2.202.548ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 11.2.202.548ubuntu0.12.04.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8043)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8043)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-8043)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8043)

### Other references

* <https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-28.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8043>
