CVE-2015-7661

critical

Published 2015-11-11 · 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

9.3

Description

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 getBounds call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7651, CVE-2015-7652, CVE-2015-7653, CVE-2015-7654, CVE-2015-7655, CVE-2015-7656, CVE-2015-7657, CVE-2015-7658, CVE-2015-7660, CVE-2015-7663, CVE-2015-8042, CVE-2015-8043, CVE-2015-8044, and CVE-2015-8046.

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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OS impact

Linux kernel Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Not affected	—

macOS Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Not affected	—
—	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
adobe	air	`{"endIncluding":"19.0.0.190"}`
adobe	air_sdk	`{"endIncluding":"19.0.0.213"}`
adobe	air_sdk_\&_compiler	`{"endIncluding":"19.0.0.213"}`
adobe	flash_player	`{"endIncluding":"18.0.0.255"}`
adobe	flash_player	`19.0.0.185`
adobe	flash_player	`19.0.0.207`
adobe	flash_player	`19.0.0.226`

References

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

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