{"id":"CVE-2015-7645","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-7645","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T22:33:33.576Z","title":"Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"Adobe Flash Player 18.x through 18.0.0.252 and 19.x through 19.0.0.207 on Windows and OS X and 11.x through 11.2.202.535 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file, as exploited in the wild in October 2015.","published":"2015-10-15T10:59:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:32:53.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["adobe/flash player","opensuse/evergreen","opensuse/opensuse","suse/linux enterprise desktop","suse/linux enterprise workstation extension","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux eus","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux server from rhui","redhat/enterprise linux workstation"],"epss":{"score":0.65339,"percentile":0.99256,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-03-03","dueDate":"2022-03-24","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","notes":"The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7645"},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2015-10-19","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":38490,"kind":"exploit","title":"Adobe Flash - 'IExternalizable.writeExternal' Type Confusion","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38490","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/dos/38490.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/dos/38490.txt","published":"2015-10-19","added":"2015-10-19","updated":"2017-10-19","author":"Google Security Research","type":"dos","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2015-7645","OSVDB-128853"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=547"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). 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