Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0314, CVE-2015-0316, CVE-2015-0321, CVE-2015-0329, and CVE-2015-0330.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-0318 is rated High Exploit Risk (90.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 89.19%, 100th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36420 | exploit_db | edb | 2015-03-17 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-03-30 | 88.74% | 89.19% | +0.45% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 89.58% | 88.74% | -0.85% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 89.58% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
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high | CVE-2015-0318: 1 GLSA(s) (201502-02), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-0318 |
redhat
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critical | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0318 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2015-0318 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-2015-0318 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | flash_player | <= 13.0.0.264 | 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 | 15.0.0.152 | 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 | 15.0.0.239 | 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 | 16.0.0.235 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:16.0.0.235:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 16.0.0.257 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:16.0.0.257:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 16.0.0.287 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:16.0.0.287:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 16.0.0.296 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:16.0.0.296:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | <= 11.2.202.440 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |