CVE-2015-5546

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…

published August 14, 2015

CVSS
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EPSS
38%
Percentile
98.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

🚨 Adobe Flash Player’s older versions are playing hide and seek with a memory corruption flaw that attackers could exploit! ⚠️ Think of Flash Player as a diner that serves a special dish, but sometimes, the chef forgets to check the ingredients, leading to unexpected results in the kitchen. If a rogue customer slipped in a harmful ingredient, they could end up with a disastrous meal! This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on your system or even cause a denial of service, leaving you with a system that’s out of service and very unhappy patrons! Yikes! 📉

Put simply

Think of Flash Player as a diner that serves a special dish, but sometimes, the chef forgets to check the ingredients, leading to unexpected results in the kitchen. If a rogue customer slipped in a harmful ingredient, they could end up with a disastrous meal! This vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR allows attackers to manipulate memory, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or crashing the application due to memory corruption. It affects multiple versions across Windows, OS X, and Linux.

What to do

This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on your system or even cause a denial of service, leaving you with a system that’s out of service and very unhappy patrons! Yikes! 📉 To stay safe, make sure to update Adobe Flash Player to version 18.0.0.232 or later, and for Adobe AIR, upgrade to 18.0.0.199 or above. Don't leave any doors open—ensure you are using the latest versions! 🔒 You've got this! With these updates, you’ll be one step closer to securing your system! 🛡️

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.38168 · 98.6th percentile
Published
2015-08-14T01:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 AUG 01:00Z
    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…
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