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CVE-2015-7659

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0617 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

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-0:11.2.202.548-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.548-1.el6_7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-7659Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-28

Nov 10, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00071.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-2023.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-2024.html
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb15-28.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201511-02
securityfocus.com / bid/77534
securitytracker.com / id/1034111
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-15-566