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# CVE-2015-8451

Publication date 10 December 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

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on
Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux, Adobe AIR before
20.0.0.204, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.204, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler
before 20.0.0.204 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a
denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different
vulnerability than CVE-2015-8045, CVE-2015-8047, CVE-2015-8060,
CVE-2015-8408, CVE-2015-8416, CVE-2015-8417, CVE-2015-8418, CVE-2015-8419,
CVE-2015-8443, CVE-2015-8444, and CVE-2015-8455.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| adobe-flashplugin | 15.10 wily | Fixed 1:20151208.1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 1:20151208.1-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:20151208.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:20151208.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| flashplugin-nonfree | 15.10 wily | Fixed 11.2.202.554ubuntu0.15.10.1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 11.2.202.554ubuntu0.15.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 11.2.202.554ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 11.2.202.554ubuntu0.12.04.1 |

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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-2015-8451)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8451)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-8451)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8451)

### Other references

* <https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-32.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8451>
