CVE-2015-7652

published 2015-11-11

CVE-2015-7652: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.261 and 19.x before 19.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.548 on Linux, Adobe AIR…

Priority P2 62 critical 9.3 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC M Au N C C I C A C

EXPLOIT

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.261 and 19.x before 19.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.548 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.241, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.241, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.241 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted gridFitType property value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7651, CVE-2015-7653, CVE-2015-7654, CVE-2015-7655, CVE-2015-7656, CVE-2015-7657, CVE-2015-7658, CVE-2015-7660, CVE-2015-7661, CVE-2015-7663, CVE-2015-8042, CVE-2015-8043, CVE-2015-8044, and CVE-2015-8046.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	air	<= 19.0.0.213	—
adobe	air	<= 19.0.0.190	—
adobe	air_sdk	<= 19.0.0.213	—
adobe	air_sdk_compiler	<= 19.0.0.213	—
adobe	flash_player	<= 11.2.202.540	—
adobe	flash_player	<= 18.0.0.255	—
adobe	flash_player	—	—
adobe	flash_player	—	—
adobe	flash_player	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/39020.zip↗

• → CVE-2015-7652 is triggered via the TextField.gridFitType setter in Adobe Flash — look for ActionScript setting gridFitType to an object (rather than a string literal) whose toString callback frees the parent MovieClip, indicating UAF exploitation. ↗
• → Affected component is Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.261 / 19.x before 19.0.0.245 (Windows/OS X) and before 11.2.202.548 (Linux); flag Flash Player processes at these versions handling SWF content that manipulates TextField.gridFitType. ↗

• · The NVD source document is for CVE-2015-8043, not CVE-2015-7652 directly; CVE-2015-7652 is listed as a related but distinct UAF vulnerability sharing the same affected version ranges and product set. ↗
• · The exploit-db PoC (EDB-39020) is attributed to CVE-2015-7652 via the TextField.gridFitType UAF vector; the PoC SWF/FLA files are bundled in the linked ZIP and should be treated as malicious samples for testing only. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 9.3 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 9.3 CRITICAL

vendor_redhat 9.3 CRITICAL

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