Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.2
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.204, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.204, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.204 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XML object that is mishandled during a toString call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8446.
- Published
- Dec 10, 2015
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 8.0% · 95th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-119
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Report tools
Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 2 / 30 · 8.0%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| adobe | flash player | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player |
| adobe | air | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air |
| adobe | air sdk | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk |
| adobe | air sdk \& compiler | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler |
| 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 |
| apple | iphone os | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os |
| android | cpe:2.3:o:google:android |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- adobe airup to 19.0.0.241 inclusive
- adobe air sdkup to 19.0.0.241 inclusive
- adobe air sdk & compilerup to 19.0.0.241 inclusive
- adobe flash playerup to 18.0.0.261 inclusive
- adobe flash playerup to 11.2.202.548 inclusive
- adobe flash player19.0.0.185
- adobe flash player19.0.0.207
- adobe flash player19.0.0.226
- adobe flash player19.0.0.245
Same product
adobe: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2015-5119Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0.296KEV99Now
- CVE-2015-3113Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.296 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.194 on Windows and OS X and before 11KEV99Now
- CVE-2014-0497Integer underflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.261 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.44 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before 1KEV99Now
- CVE-2015-0313Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X and before KEV98Now
- CVE-2016-4117Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wilKEV97Now
- CVE-2015-5122Use-after-free vulnerability in the DisplayObject class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0KEV97Now
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
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
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
- M
- 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:M/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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Noroxi analysis
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References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00007.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00008.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00012.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/78712
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034318
- zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-605
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-32.html
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-03
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.