CVE-2015-5118
published 2015-07-09CVE-2015-5118: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on…
PriorityP266critical10CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
27.25%
97.8th percentile
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3135 and CVE-2015-4432.
Affected
25 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
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| adobe | air | <= 18.0.0.144 | — |
| adobe | air_sdk | <= 18.0.0.144 | — |
| adobe | air_sdk_compiler | <= 18.0.0.144 | — |
| adobe | flash_player | <= 11.2.202.468 | — |
| adobe | flash_player | <= 13.0.0.289 | — |
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Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote
- →Trigger is a malformed FLV file loaded via a SWF (LoadMP4.swf) — monitor Flash Player loading FLV files with anomalous indexing, particularly via query-string file parameters pointing to .flv content. ↗
- →Crash manifests as an out-of-bounds write via an indexing error: base address (rdi) is in-bounds but rdi + 2*rdx lands outside the mapped heap region — look for OOB write crashes in Flash/Chrome renderer processes involving 16-bit (word) writes to heap memory. ↗
- →Vulnerability class is heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player triggered when loading a crafted FLV file; affects Flash before 13.0.0.302 / 18.0.0.203 (Win/OSX) and before 11.2.202.481 (Linux). ↗
- →Intermittent crash — may require multiple page loads/refreshes to trigger; consider monitoring for repeated Flash plugin crashes or renderer restarts as a behavioral signal. ↗
- ·The PoC URL uses localhost for reproduction; in real-world exploitation the SWF and FLV would be hosted on an attacker-controlled server — the localhost indicator is not a network IOC. ↗
- ·CVE-2015-5118 is grouped with CVE-2015-3135 and CVE-2015-4432 as distinct but related heap-buffer-overflow vulnerabilities in the same Flash/AIR release; patching requires updating to Flash ≥13.0.0.302 / ≥18.0.0.203 (Win/OSX), ≥11.2.202.481 (Linux), and AIR ≥18.0.0.180. ↗
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv10.0CRITICAL
vendor_redhat10.0CRITICAL
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Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16
vendor_redhat·2015-07-08·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-3135 [CRITICAL] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4432 and CVE-2015-5118.
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16
vendor_redhat·2015-07-08·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-5118 [CRITICAL] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3135 and CVE-2015-4432.
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16
vendor_redhat·2015-07-08·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-4432 [CRITICAL] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3135 and CVE-2015-5118.
GHSA
GHSA-c6qh-4mqr-9jmg: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-4432 [CRITICAL] CWE-119 GHSA-c6qh-4mqr-9jmg: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3135 and CVE-2015-5118.
GHSA
GHSA-3v42-qjhq-4fjh: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-5118 [CRITICAL] CWE-119 GHSA-3v42-qjhq-4fjh: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3135 and CVE-2015-4432.
GHSA
GHSA-x6rm-7jhf-954p: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-3135 [CRITICAL] CWE-119 GHSA-x6rm-7jhf-954p: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4432 and CVE-2015-5118.
OSV
CVE-2015-4432: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13
osv·2015-07-09·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-4432 [CRITICAL] CVE-2015-4432: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3135 and CVE-2015-5118.
OSV
CVE-2015-5118: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13
osv·2015-07-09·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-5118 [CRITICAL] CVE-2015-5118: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3135 and CVE-2015-4432.
OSV
CVE-2015-3135: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13
osv·2015-07-09·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-3135 [CRITICAL] CVE-2015-3135: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4432 and CVE-2015-5118.
No detection rules found.
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Bugzilla
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16
bugzilla·2015-07-08·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-3135 [CRITICAL] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16
Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-16 for Adobe Flash Player describes multiple flaws that can possibly lead to code execution when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file.
Quoting from the APSB15-16:
These updates resolve heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-3135, CVE-2015-4432, CVE-2015-5118).
These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-3117, CVE-2015-3123, CVE-2015-3130, CVE-2015-3133, CVE-2015-3134, CVE-2015-4431).
These updates resolve type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-3119, CVE-2015-3120, CVE-2015-3121, CVE-2015-3122, CVE-2015-4433).
These updates resolve use-aft
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75592http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032810https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75592http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032810https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13
2015-07-09
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