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CVE-2015-5118

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5118 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, AIR, and related SDKs across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 13.0.0.289CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.0.0.125CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.125:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.0.0.145CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.145:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.0.0.176CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.176:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.0.0.179CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.179:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
27.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-37880 · Aug 19, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2725 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.481-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.481-1.el6_6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5118Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16

Jul 8, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1214.html
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201507-13
securityfocus.com / bid/75592
securitytracker.com / id/1032810