CVE-2015-5556: adobe air
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-5556 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in adobe air. EPSS estimates a 44.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2Timeline
- 14-08-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.232 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.508 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.199, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.199, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.199 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5127, CVE-2015-5130, CVE-2015-5134, CVE-2015-5539, CVE-2015-5540, CVE-2015-5550, CVE-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5563, CVE-2015-5564, and CVE-2015-5565.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
44.79%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
99%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 44.79% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundAdobe Flash - createTextField Use-After-Free
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Adobe4 products
- air≤ 18.0.0.180
- air_sdk≤ 18.0.0.180
- air_sdk_\&_compiler≤ 18.0.0.180
- flash_player≤ 18.0.0.209 | ≤ 11.2.202.491
Ubuntu1 product
- flashplugin-nonfree< 11.2.202.508ubuntu0.14.04.1
2 vendors · 5 products
References
11 links- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-19.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor AdvisoryREPORT