Adobe · Flash Player
CVE-2015-7645
Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
What it is
Adobe Flash Player 18.x through 18.0.0.252 and 19.x through 19.0.0.207 on Windows and OS X and 11.x through 11.2.202.535 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file, as exploited in the wild in October 2015.
CISA: Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file.
What to do
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Deadline for US federal agencies: March 24, 2022
- Added to the CISA list
- March 3, 2022
- Published
- October 15, 2015
- Severity
- High 7.8 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 65% in the top 0.7% of all known vulnerabilities
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (14)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1913.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00017.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201511-02
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00018.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38490/
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-05.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033850
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77081
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-27.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134009/Adobe-Flash-IExternalizable.writeExternal-Type-Confusion.html
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-adobe-flash-zero-day-used-in-pawn-storm-campai…
More exploited flaws from Adobe
| Added | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Attack chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2024 | Incorrect Default Permissions | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 11% |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Code Execution | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 11% |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Integer Underflow Vulnerablity | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 99.9% |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Double Free Vulnerablity | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 25% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Memory Corruption | Flash Player | High 7.8 | 83% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Unspecified | Flash Player | High 7.8 | 64% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Memory Corruption | Flash Player | High 7.8 | 91% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) | Flash Player | Medium 6.1 | 6.2% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.