CVE-2015-5547

Adobe Flash Player <18.0.0.232 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-5547. PoCs published by Google Security Research.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit is a proof-of-concept for CVE-2015-5547, which involves a crash in Adobe Flash Player on Linux x64 due to improper handling of button-related operations. The provided SWF file triggers a segmentation fault, indicating a potential memory corruption vulnerability.

Description

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 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5544, CVE-2015-5545, CVE-2015-5546, CVE-2015-5548, CVE-2015-5549, CVE-2015-5552, and CVE-2015-5553.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37869

This exploit is a proof-of-concept for CVE-2015-5547, which involves a crash in Adobe Flash Player on Linux x64 due to improper handling of button-related operations. The provided SWF file triggers a segmentation fault, indicating a potential memory corruption vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe Flash Player (Linux x64)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Adobe Flash Player installed on Linux x64 · Ability to deliver malicious SWF file to target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76283
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1603.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033235

Scores

EPSS 0.3817
EPSS Percentile 98.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (4)
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
Published Aug 14, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026