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CVE-2015-5558

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5558 is a critical type confusion vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player on Windows, OS X, and Linux, as well as Adobe AIR and its SDKs. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with no authentication required. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk of complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-37878) demonstrating the type confusion exists, though there is no evidence of widespread community discussion or media coverage.

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
43.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-37878 · Aug 19, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4339 is in the 97th 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-2015-5558Critical

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/76287
securitytracker.com / id/1033235