CVE-2015-7645
Adobe Flash Player 18.x through 18.0.0.252 and 19.x through 19.0.0.207 on Windows and OS X and 11.x through 11.2.202.535 on Linux allows…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 65.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 3 Mar 2022
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Adobe Flash Player 18.x through 18.0.0.252 and 19.x through 19.0.0.207 on Windows and OS X and 11.x through 11.2.202.535 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file, as exploited in the wild in October 2015.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 24 Mar 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Known
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 3 Mar 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Adobe Flash - 'IExternalizable.writeExternal' Type Confusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38490dos, multiplepublished 19 Oct 2015Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 38490 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By adobe
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited, also by ransomware
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 65.3% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- RHSA-2015:1913 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 38490 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:2024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-05.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1770 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1033850 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1771 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 77081 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-27.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201511-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134009/Adobe-Flash-IExternalizable.writeExternal-Type-Confusion.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1768 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1781 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-adobe-flash-zero-day-used-in-pawn-storm-campaign/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-7645 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-7548 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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