CVE-2015-7659 is a critical type confusion vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, AIR, and AIR SDK that allows for arbitrary code execution on Windows, OS X, and Linux. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it represents a high-severity threat that can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence like Metasploit or ExploitDB entries are noted, the vulnerability received significant media coverage and community discussion at the time of its disclosure, indicating its importance. It is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog and is currently marked as "Inactive" on the Hot List.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.2.202.540CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 19.0.0.213CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 18.0.0.255CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.0.0.185CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.185:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.0.0.207CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.207:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.