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CVE-2015-5125

HIGH · 10.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2015-08-14
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 18.0.0.209 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
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.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Adobe Flash Player and AIR suffer from a vector-length memory corruption vulnerability that allows attackers to corrupt memory structures, causing denial of service or potentially achieving arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability affects specific older versions across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms, with unknown exploitation vectors.

MitigationUpgrade Flash Player to version 18.0.0.232 or later (Windows/OS X) / 11.2.202.508 or later (Linux), and Adobe AIR/AIR SDK to 18.0.0.199 or later. Given the CVSS 10 severity and unknown attack vectors, prioritize immediate patching.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
AirApplication
Affected:<= 18.0.0.180
Air SdkApplication
Affected:<= 18.0.0.180
Air Sdk \& CompilerApplication
Affected:<= 18.0.0.180
Flash PlayerApplication
Affected:<= 18.0.0.209<= 11.2.202.491
EvergreenOperating system
Affected:= 11.4

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check Adobe Flash Player version on Windows or OS X
    Open a web browser and visit Adobe's version check page at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html, or navigate to Windows Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features to locate Adobe Flash Player and note the version number
    Affected if The installed version is 18.0.0.209 or earlier, or 11.2.202.491 or earlier for the 11.x branch
  2. Check Adobe Flash Player version on Linux
    Open a terminal and run the command: rpm -q flash-player or dpkg -l | grep -i flash, or check the version through the browser plugin information page
    Affected if The installed version is 11.2.202.491 or earlier
  3. Check Adobe AIR version
    On Windows, open Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features and look for Adobe AIR; on OS X, open System Preferences > Applications to find Adobe AIR, or run: ls /Applications | grep -i air
    Affected if The installed version is 18.0.0.180 or earlier
  4. Check Adobe AIR SDK or AIR SDK & Compiler version
    Locate the SDK installation directory and open the README or version file, or run: air-sdk-version from command line if available
    Affected if The SDK version is 18.0.0.180 or earlier
  5. Identify the operating system distribution
    Run: cat /etc/os-release or uname -a to determine the Linux distribution and version
    Affected if The system is OpenSUSE Evergreen 11.4 with an affected Flash installation

You are affected if Adobe Flash Player version is 18.0.0.209 or earlier (or 11.2.202.491 or earlier on Linux), or Adobe AIR/AIR SDK is 18.0.0.180 or earlier, or you are running OpenSUSE 11.4 with the bundled Flash version.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 18.0.0.209
Vendor patch helpx.adobe.com →
Interim mitigation

Upgrade Flash Player to version 18.0.0.232 or later (Windows/OS X) / 11.2.202.508 or later (Linux), and Adobe AIR/AIR SDK to 18.0.0.199 or later. Given the CVSS 10 severity and unknown attack vectors, prioritize immediate patching.

Recommended fix High confidence

Flash Player 18.0.0.232+ (Windows/OS X), Flash Player 11.2.202.508+ (Linux), AIR 18.0.0.199+

  1. Identify the installed Adobe product (Flash Player or AIR) and note its current version
  2. For Adobe Flash Player on Windows/OS X: download and install version 18.0.0.232 or later from adobe.com
  3. For Adobe Flash Player on Linux: download and install version 11.2.202.508 or later from adobe.com
  4. For Adobe AIR, AIR SDK, or AIR SDK & Compiler: download and install version 18.0.0.199 or later from adobe.com
  5. Restart the system after installation
  6. Verify the installed version matches or exceeds the fixed version via Adobe's version check
Caveat Adobe Flash Player is deprecated and reached end-of-life in December 2020; consider migrating away from Flash-based content entirely

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Air Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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