CVE-2015-8651

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-25. Federal remediation due 2022-06-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

67.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2015-12-28 23:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-23

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

438f8201195d33bedeea45afb91129f7dace712a25de93cfdd64be7735c4f54f

• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:2403http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00048.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securitytracker.com1034544http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034544vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:2697http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680x_refsource_CONFIRM
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com79705http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79705vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2401http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00046.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2402http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00047.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:2400http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00045.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201601-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-8651government-resource