CVE-2015-4430

Adobe AIR < 18.0.0.144 - Use-After-Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-4430. PoCs published by Google Security Research.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided content describes a use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 17.0.0.188, leading to an access violation crash. The PoC includes crash analysis and test case files but lacks executable exploit code.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3118, CVE-2015-3124, CVE-2015-3127, CVE-2015-3128, CVE-2015-3129, CVE-2015-3131, CVE-2015-3132, CVE-2015-3136, CVE-2015-3137, CVE-2015-4428, and CVE-2015-5117.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37875

The provided content describes a use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 17.0.0.188, leading to an access violation crash. The PoC includes crash analysis and test case files but lacks executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Adobe Flash Player 17.0.0.188
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim running Flash Player 17.0.0.188 on Windows 7 with IE11
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75590
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032810
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.html

Scores

EPSS 0.3279
EPSS Percentile 98.1%

Details

Status published
Products (24)
adobe/air < 18.0.0.144
adobe/air_sdk < 18.0.0.144
adobe/air_sdk_\&_compiler < 18.0.0.144
adobe/flash_player 14.0.0.125
adobe/flash_player 14.0.0.145
adobe/flash_player 14.0.0.176
adobe/flash_player 14.0.0.179
adobe/flash_player 15.0.0.152
adobe/flash_player 15.0.0.167
adobe/flash_player 15.0.0.189
... and 14 more
Published Jul 09, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026