{"id":"CVE-2015-5554","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-5554","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:53:03.461Z","title":"Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.232 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.508 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.199, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.199, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.199 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by…","description":"Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.232 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.508 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.199, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.199, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.199 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified \"type confusion,\" a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5555, CVE-2015-5558, and CVE-2015-5562.","published":"2015-08-14T01:59:40.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:29:20.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["adobe/flash player","adobe/air","adobe/air sdk","adobe/air sdk \\& compiler"],"epss":{"score":0.43387,"percentile":0.98724,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2015-08-19","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":37876,"kind":"exploit","title":"Adobe Flash - XMLSocket Destructor Not Cleared Before Setting User Data in connect","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37876","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux_x86-64/dos/37876.txt","file":"exploits/linux_x86-64/dos/37876.txt","published":"2015-08-19","added":"2015-08-19","updated":"2015-08-19","author":"Google Security Research","type":"dos","platform":"linux_x86-64","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2015-5554"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=416&can=1&q=label%3AProduct-Flash%20modified-after%3A2015%2F8%2F17&sort=id"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 43.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00018.html","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1603.html","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76287","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033235","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-19.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00018.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1603.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76287","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033235","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-19.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5554","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}