CVE-2015-5563
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.232 on Windows and OS X and...
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-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5564, and CVE-2015-5565.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5564, and CVE-2015-5565.
- Record
CVE-2015-5563- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5564, and CVE-2015-5565.
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CVE-2015-5563- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-5517 No score
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-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5564, and CVE-2015-5565.
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EUVD-2015-5517- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hvh9-59q2-9wvm No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.232 on Windows and OS X and...
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-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5564, and CVE-2015-5565.
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GHSA-hvh9-59q2-9wvm- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2015-0311 No score
Updated flash-player-plugin package fixes security vulnerabilities
Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.508 contains fixes to critical security vulnerabilities found in earlier versions that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
This update resolves type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5128, CVE-2015-5554, CVE-2015-5555, CVE-2015-5558, CVE-2015-5562).
This update includes further hardening to a mitigation against vector length corruptions (CVE-2015-5125).
This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5550, CVE-2015-5551, CVE-2015-3107, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5130, CVE-2015-5134, CVE-2015-5539, CVE-2015-5540, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5127, CVE-2015-5563, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5124).
This update resolves heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5129, CVE-2015-5541).
This update resolves buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5131, CVE-2015-5132, CVE-2015-5133).
This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5544, CVE-2015-5545, CVE-2015-5546, CVE-2015-5547, CVE-2015-5548, CVE-2015-5549, CVE-2015-5552, CVE-2015-5553).
This update resolves an integer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5560).
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MGASA-2015-0311- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:1373-1 No score
Security update for flash-player
This security update to 11.2.202.508 (bsc#941239) fixes the following issues:
- APSB15-19: CVE-2015-3107, CVE-2015-5124, CVE-2015-5125, CVE-2015-5127, CVE-2015-5128, CVE-2015-5129, CVE-2015-5130, CVE-2015-5131, CVE-2015-5132, CVE-2015-5133, CVE-2015-5134, CVE-2015-5539, CVE-2015-5540, CVE-2015-5541, CVE-2015-5544, CVE-2015-5545, CVE-2015-5546, CVE-2015-5547, CVE-2015-5548, CVE-2015-5549, CVE-2015-5550, CVE-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5552, CVE-2015-5553, CVE-2015-5554, CVE-2015-5555, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5558, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5560, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5562, CVE-2015-5563
- Record
SUSE-SU-2015:1373-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:1374-1 No score
Security update for flash-player
This security update to 11.2.202.508 (bsc#941239) fixes the following issues:
- APSB15-19: CVE-2015-3107, CVE-2015-5124, CVE-2015-5125, CVE-2015-5127, CVE-2015-5128, CVE-2015-5129, CVE-2015-5130, CVE-2015-5131, CVE-2015-5132, CVE-2015-5133, CVE-2015-5134, CVE-2015-5539, CVE-2015-5540, CVE-2015-5541, CVE-2015-5544, CVE-2015-5545, CVE-2015-5546, CVE-2015-5547, CVE-2015-5548, CVE-2015-5549, CVE-2015-5550, CVE-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5552, CVE-2015-5553, CVE-2015-5554, CVE-2015-5555, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5558, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5560, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5562, CVE-2015-5563
- Record
SUSE-SU-2015:1374-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-5563 No score
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-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5564, and CVE-2015-5565.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5563- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
flash-player-pluginMageia:4 |
before 11.2.202.508-1.mga4.nonfree | 11.2.202.508-1.mga4.nonfree |
flash-player-pluginMageia:5 |
before 11.2.202.508-1.mga5.nonfree | 11.2.202.508-1.mga5.nonfree |
flash-pluginRed Hat:rhel_extras:5::client |
before 0:11.2.202.508-1.el5 | 0:11.2.202.508-1.el5 |
flash-pluginRed Hat:rhel_extras:5::server |
before 0:11.2.202.508-1.el5 | 0:11.2.202.508-1.el5 |
flash-pluginRed Hat:rhel_extras:6 |
before 0:11.2.202.508-1.el6_7 | 0:11.2.202.508-1.el6_7 |
flash-playerSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 |
before 11.2.202.508-0.14.1 | 11.2.202.508-0.14.1 |
flash-playerSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 |
before 11.2.202.508-0.14.1 | 11.2.202.508-0.14.1 |
flash-playerSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 |
before 11.2.202.508-99.1 | 11.2.202.508-99.1 |
flash-playerSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 |
before 11.2.202.508-99.1 | 11.2.202.508-99.1 |
flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 11.2.202.508ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions 11.2.202.310ubuntu111.2.202.327ubuntu0.13.10.111.2.202.332ubuntu111.2.202.335ubuntu111.2.202.336ubuntu1 Show 26 moreShow less11.2.202.341ubuntu111.2.202.346ubuntu111.2.202.350ubuntu111.2.202.356ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.359ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.378ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.394ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.400ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.406ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.406ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.411ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.418ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.424ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.425ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.429ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.438ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.440ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.442ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.451ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.457ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.460ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.466ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.468ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.491ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
11.2.202.508ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Adobe Flash - Heap Use-After-Free in SurfaceFilterList::CreateFromScriptAtom | 2015-08-19 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-5563 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Adobe Air, published August 11, 2015. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 45.8%, the 98th percentile. Fixed in flash-player-plugin 11.2.202.508-1.mga4.nonfree.
References
h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01
helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-19.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00018.html
securitytracker.com/id/1033235
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securityfocus.com/bid/76288
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1603.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5563
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hvh9-59q2-9wvm
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0311.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16573
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1603
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252697
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2015/rhsa-2015_1603.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5127
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20151373-1
bugzilla.suse.com/941239
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5563