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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-5574

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.241 and 19.x before 19.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.521 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.190, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.190, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before…

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 10.0EPSS 45.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 45.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.241 and 19.x before 19.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.521 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.190, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.190, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.190 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5570, CVE-2015-5581, CVE-2015-5584, and CVE-2015-6682.

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
45.51% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 1 April 2016
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
adobe/flash player · adobe/air · adobe/air sdk · adobe/air sdk \& compiler
Source
psirt@adobe.com
EPSS trend
0%25%50%4 November 2026: 45.51%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 45.5% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-39652source ↗Adobe Flash - Color.setTransform Use-After-Freemultiple · Google Security Researchdos1 April 2016yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.