Double free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0346.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-0359 is rated High Exploit Risk (94.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 95.18%, 100th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.63% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36956 | exploit_db | edb | 2015-05-08 | 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 | 2026-06-15 | 88.56% | 95.18% | +6.63% |
| 2 | 2026-03-04 | 88.71% | 88.56% | -0.15% |
| 3 | 2026-03-01 | — | 88.71% | — |
Full EPSS history (47 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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normal | CVE-2015-0359: 1 GLSA(s) (201504-07), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-0359 |
redhat
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critical | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0359 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2015-0359 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-2015-0359 |
: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html">CWE-415: Double Free</a>
| 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 | 17.0.0.134 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:17.0.0.134:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | <= 11.2.202.451 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |