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CVE-2015-5581

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5581 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, and related SDKs across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been identified, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 82/100 indicates its potential severity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 18.0.0.143CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 11.2.202.508CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0484 is in the 84th 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-0:11.2.202.521-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.521-1.el6_7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5581Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-23

Sep 21, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00022.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00023.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00024.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00018.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1814.html
h20564.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
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb15-23.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201509-07
securityfocus.com / bid/76795
securitytracker.com / id/1033629