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CVE-2015-5131

70
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5131 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player on Windows, OS X, and Linux, as well as Adobe AIR and related SDKs. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog, an out-of-bounds memory read exploit for Flash SWF files exists on ExploitDB, indicating potential for exploitation. Despite its severity, there is minimal public discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 18.0.0.209CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 18.0.0.180CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 18.0.0.180CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 18.0.0.180CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 11.2.202.491CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
50.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-37856 · Aug 19, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5073 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-0:11.2.202.508-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.508-1.el6_7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5131Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB15-19)

Aug 12, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00018.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1603.html
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb15-19.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201508-01
exploit-db.com / exploits/37856
securityfocus.com / bid/76284
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1033235