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CVE-2015-5541

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5541 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player on Windows, OS X, and Linux, as well as Adobe AIR and its SDKs. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity. While the CVSS score is a maximum 10.0, indicating severe impact (confidentiality, integrity, and availability), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.2.202.491CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
10.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1051 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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-0:11.2.202.508-1.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-2015-5541Critical

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

Aug 12, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00018.html
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
securityfocus.com / bid/76282
securitytracker.com / id/1033235