CVE-2015-0305

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.429 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 16.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 16.0.0.272 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 16.0.0.272, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 16.0.0.272 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion."

Published: 2015-01-13 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-0305 is rated High Risk (72.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.10%, 92th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.27% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-0305

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.83% 6.10% +3.27%
2 2025-04-23 2.24% 2.83% +0.59%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.24% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-0305

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-0305

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-0305

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2015-0305: 1 GLSA(s) (201502-02), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-0305
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0305
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-0305 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 8, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0305

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-0305

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe adobe_air_sdk_and_compiler <= 15.0.0.356 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air_sdk_and_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 11.2.202.425 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air <= 15.0.0.356 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
adobe adobe_air <= 15.0.0.356 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air_sdk <= 15.0.0.356 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 13.0.0.259 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 14.0.0.125 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.125:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 14.0.0.145 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.145:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 14.0.0.176 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.176:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 14.0.0.179 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.179:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.144 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.144:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.152 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.152:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.167 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.167:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.189 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.189:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.223 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.223:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.238 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.238:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.239 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.239:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.246 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.246:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 16.0.0.234 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:16.0.0.234:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 16.0.0.235 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:16.0.0.235:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-0305

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