CVE-2015-5131

Adobe Flash Player < 18.0.0.232 - Remote Code Execution

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-5131. PoCs published by Google Security Research.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided content describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, leading to an access violation. It includes crash analysis and memory dump details but lacks executable exploit code.

Description

Buffer overflow in 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 Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.199 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5132 and CVE-2015-5133.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37856

The provided content describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, leading to an access violation. It includes crash analysis and memory dump details but lacks executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Adobe Flash Player (latest versions at the time of CVE-2015-5131)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open a maliciously crafted file in Adobe Flash Player
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37856/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76284
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00018.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033235
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1603.html

Scores

EPSS 0.7145
EPSS Percentile 98.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (5)
adobe/air < 18.0.0.180
adobe/air_sdk < 18.0.0.180
adobe/air_sdk_\&_compiler < 18.0.0.180
adobe/flash_player < 18.0.0.209
opensuse/evergreen 11.4
Published Aug 14, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026