CVE-2015-5539

Exp

Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5127, CVE-2015-5130, CVE-2015-5134, CVE-2015-5540, CVE-2015-5550, CVE-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5563, CVE-2015-5564, and CVE-2015-5565.

Published: 2015-08-14 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5539 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 51.16%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-5539

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37855 exploit_db edb 2015-08-19 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5539

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 2025-06-08 53.11% 51.16% -1.95%
2 2025-03-30 59.83% 53.11% -6.72%
3 2025-03-29 — 59.83% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5539

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-2015-5539

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5539

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2015-5539: 1 GLSA(s) (201508-01), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-5539
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5539
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-5539 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-2015-5539

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2015-5539

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5539

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5539

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