CVE-2015-5555

Adobe Flash Player <18.0.0.232 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-5555. PoCs published by Google Security Research.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a type confusion vulnerability in Adobe Flash's TextRenderer.setAdvancedAntialiasingTable method, where non-integer objects are incorrectly treated as integers. The PoC crashes the application to prove the issue, though direct exploitation is difficult due to limited script access to the affected values.

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 by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5554, CVE-2015-5558, and CVE-2015-5562.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37874

This exploit demonstrates a type confusion vulnerability in Adobe Flash's TextRenderer.setAdvancedAntialiasingTable method, where non-integer objects are incorrectly treated as integers. The PoC crashes the application to prove the issue, though direct exploitation is difficult due to limited script access to the affected values.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe Flash Player (versions affected by CVE-2015-5555)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Adobe Flash Player with vulnerable TextRenderer implementation
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
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/76287
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 0.4234
EPSS Percentile 98.5%

Details

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