CVE-2015-5133

Adobe Flash Player < 18.0.0.232 and < 11.2.202.508 - Remote Code Execution

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-5133. PoCs published by Google Security Research.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, leading to an access violation. The PoC includes a crashing SWF file that triggers the vulnerability by manipulating an overly large index value.

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-2015-5131 and CVE-2015-5132.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37858

This exploit demonstrates an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, leading to an access violation. The PoC includes a crashing SWF file that triggers the vulnerability by manipulating an overly large index value.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe Flash Player (latest versions at the time of disclosure)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the malicious SWF file in a vulnerable version of 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
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76284
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37858/
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 < 11.2.202.491
opensuse/evergreen 11.4
Published Aug 14, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026