$ cve CVE-2015-5118 JSON

CVE-2015-5118 EXPLOIT

10.0

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 27.7% (pctl 98)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3135 and CVE-2015-4432.

Scoring

CVSS	10.0 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	27.72% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-119
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2015-07-09
Last modified	2026-06-17

Affected (7)

Vendor	Product
adobe	air
adobe	air sdk
adobe	air sdk \& compiler
adobe	flash player
apple	mac os x
linux	linux kernel
microsoft	windows

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Adobe Flash - Heap Buffer Overflow Due to Indexing Error When Loading FLV File	2015-08-19

References

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