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CVE-2015-5549
published 2015-08-14

CVE-2015-5549: 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…

PriorityP265critical10CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
38.17%
98.4th percentile
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 execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5544, CVE-2015-5545, CVE-2015-5546, CVE-2015-5547, CVE-2015-5548, CVE-2015-5552, and CVE-2015-5553.

Affected

5 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
adobeair<= 18.0.0.180—
adobeair_sdk<= 18.0.0.180—
adobeair_sdk_compiler<= 18.0.0.180—
adobeflash_player<= 11.2.202.491—
adobeflash_player<= 18.0.0.209—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urlhttps://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/37872.zip↗
  • →Vulnerability is triggered via XMLListObject::delUintProperty — monitor Flash processes invoking XML property deletion callbacks that modify the XML tree (e.g., childChanges/nodeRemoved callbacks) during a delete operation, which can cause an out-of-bounds write via removeAt(). ↗
  • →The exploit triggers a wild copy (out-of-bounds write) in Adobe Flash XMLListObject; look for Flash Player crashes or abnormal memory writes originating from XML/XMLList ActionScript manipulation, particularly around property deletion on XMLList objects. ↗
  • ·CVE-2015-5549 affects Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.232 (Windows/OS X) and before 11.2.202.508 (Linux); Adobe AIR and AIR SDK/Compiler before 18.0.0.199. The NVD source references CVE-2015-5547 details, which shares the same affected version range as CVE-2015-5549 — both are memory corruption vulnerabilities in the same patch batch. ↗

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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