CVE-2015-5120 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Shockwave Player versions prior to 12.1.9.159. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service over a network with low complexity. While the CVSS score is a maximum 10.0, indicating severe potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB). Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited attention despite its high severity.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 12.1.8.158CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.