CVE-2015-5125

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 cause a denial of service (vector-length corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Published: 2015-08-14 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-5125 is rated High Risk (73.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.65%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +1.69% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5125

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 3.96% 5.65% +1.69%
2 2025-11-20 5.28% 3.96% -1.32%
3 2025-06-08 5.28%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5125

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5125

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5125

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2015-5125: 1 GLSA(s) (201508-01), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-5125
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5125
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-5125 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree), 8 status rows across 4 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid): released 8. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5125

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5125

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe air <= 18.0.0.180 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air_sdk <= 18.0.0.180 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air_sdk_\&_compiler <= 18.0.0.180 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 18.0.0.209 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 11.2.202.491 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse evergreen 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:evergreen:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5125

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