Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.429 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 16.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 16.0.0.272 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 16.0.0.272, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 16.0.0.272 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0304.
- Published
- Jan 13, 2015
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 8.7% · 95th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-119
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Action score
43
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 3 / 30 · 8.7%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| adobe | adobe air | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air |
| adobe | adobe air sdk and compiler | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air_sdk_and_compiler |
| adobe | flash player | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player |
| adobe | adobe air sdk | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air_sdk |
| apple | mac os x | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x |
| microsoft | windows | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows |
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- adobe adobe airup to 15.0.0.356 inclusive
- adobe adobe air sdkup to 15.0.0.356 inclusive
- adobe adobe air sdk and compilerup to 15.0.0.356 inclusive
- adobe flash playerup to 13.0.0.259 inclusive
- adobe flash player11.2.202.425
- adobe flash player14.0.0.125
- adobe flash player14.0.0.145
- adobe flash player14.0.0.176
- adobe flash player14.0.0.179
- adobe flash player15.0.0.144
- adobe flash player15.0.0.152
- adobe flash player15.0.0.167
- adobe flash player15.0.0.189
- adobe flash player15.0.0.223
- adobe flash player15.0.0.238
- adobe flash player15.0.0.239
- adobe flash player15.0.0.246
- adobe flash player16.0.0.234
- adobe flash player16.0.0.235
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | flash-plugin | before 0:11.2.202.429-1.el5 | 0:11.2.202.429-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:6 | flash-plugin | before 0:11.2.202.429-1.el6 | 0:11.2.202.429-1.el6 |
Same product
adobe: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2014-0559Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.244Plan
- CVE-2015-0308Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 42Plan
- CVE-2015-0303Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.429 on Linux, Adobe AIR42Plan
- CVE-2014-0554Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR bef42Plan
- CVE-2014-0555Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR bef42Plan
- CVE-2014-0552Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR bef42Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| red hat:flash-plugin | 0:11.2.202.429-1.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Overflow BuffersCAPEC-100likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer ManipulationCAPEC-123likelihood: High · Very High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
- Filter Failure through Buffer OverflowCAPEC-24likelihood: High · High
- MIME ConversionCAPEC-42likelihood: High · High
- Overflow Binary Resource FileCAPEC-44likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer Overflow via Symbolic LinksCAPEC-45likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72038
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-01.html
- secunia.com/advisories/62177
- secunia.com/advisories/62187
- secunia.com/advisories/62252
- secunia.com/advisories/62371
- secunia.com/advisories/62740
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-02.xml
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031525
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99986
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.