$ cve CVE-2015-5539 JSON

CVE-2015-5539 EXPLOIT

10.0

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 45.5% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

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-2015-5540, CVE-2015-5550, CVE-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5563, CVE-2015-5564, and CVE-2015-5565.

Scoring

CVSS	10.0 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	45.51% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2015-08-14
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 - Setting Value Use-After-Free	2015-08-19

References

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