CVE-2015-7648

Exp

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.255 and 19.x before 19.0.0.226 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.540 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7647.

Published: 2015-10-18 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-7648 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 56.76%, 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-2015-7648

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
38970 exploit_db edb 2015-12-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-7648

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 2026-01-24 62.65% 56.76% -5.89%
2 2025-12-09 64.66% 62.65% -2.00%
3 2025-06-23 — 64.66% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-7648

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-2015-7648

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-7648

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2015-7648: 1 GLSA(s) (201511-02), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-7648
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7648
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-7648 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree), 8 status rows across 4 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid): released 7, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7648

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2015-7648

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/843.html">CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-7648

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe flash_player <= 11.2.202.535 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 19.0.0.207 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-7648

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