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CVE-2015-5572

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.241 and 19.x before 19.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11...

5.0 MediumFix available

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.241 and 19.x before 19.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.521 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.190, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.190, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.190 allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Exploit likelihood

3.00%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.241 and 19.x before 19.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.521 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.190, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.190, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.190 allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2015-5572
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.241 and 19.x before 19.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.521 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.190, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.190, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.190 allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2015-5572
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-5526 No score

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.241 and 19.x before 19.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.521 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.190, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.190, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.190 allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Record
EUVD-2015-5526
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2gvv-8pww-2c2x No score

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.241 and 19.x before 19.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11...

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.241 and 19.x before 19.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.521 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.190, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.190, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.190 allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Record
GHSA-2gvv-8pww-2c2x
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2015-0379 No score

Updated flash-player-plugin packages fix security vulnerabilities

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.521 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 a type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5573).

This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5570, CVE-2015-5574, CVE-2015-5581, CVE-2015-5584, CVE-2015-6682).

This update resolves buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-6676, CVE-2015-6678).

This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5575, CVE-2015-5577, CVE-2015-5578, CVE-2015-5580, CVE-2015-5582, CVE-2015-5588, CVE-2015-6677).

This update includes additional validation checks to ensure that Flash Player rejects malicious content from vulnerable JSONP callback APIs (CVE-2015-5571).

This update resolves a memory leak vulnerability (CVE-2015-5576).

This update includes further hardening to a mitigation to defend against vector length corruptions (CVE-2015-5568).

This update resolves stack corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5567, CVE-2015-5579).

This update resolves a stack overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5587).

This update resolves a security bypass vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-5572).

This update resolves a vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass the same-origin-policy and lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-6679).

Record
MGASA-2015-0379
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:1614-1 No score

Security update for flash-player

Adobe Flash Player was updated to 11.2.202.521 (APSB15-23 bsc#946880) fixing several security issues:

More information can be found on:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-23.html

Record
SUSE-SU-2015:1614-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:1618-1 No score

Security update for flash-player

Adobe Flash Player was updated to 11.2.202.521 (APSB15-23 bsc#946880) fixing several security issues:

More information can be found on:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-23.html

Record
SUSE-SU-2015:1618-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-5572 No score

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.241 and 19.x before 19.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.521 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.190, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.190, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.190 allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5572
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
flash-player-plugin
Mageia:5
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 11.2.202.521-1.mga5.nonfree
11.2.202.521-1.mga5.nonfree
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 0:11.2.202.521-1.el5
0:11.2.202.521-1.el5
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 0:11.2.202.521-1.el5
0:11.2.202.521-1.el5
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 0:11.2.202.521-1.el6_7
0:11.2.202.521-1.el6_7
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 11.2.202.521-0.17.1
11.2.202.521-0.17.1
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 11.2.202.521-0.17.1
11.2.202.521-0.17.1
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 11.2.202.521-102.1
11.2.202.521-102.1
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
before 11.2.202.521-102.1
11.2.202.521-102.1
flashplugin-nonfree
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 11.2.202.521ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions
11.2.202.310ubuntu111.2.202.327ubuntu0.13.10.111.2.202.332ubuntu111.2.202.335ubuntu111.2.202.336ubuntu1
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11.2.202.341ubuntu111.2.202.346ubuntu111.2.202.350ubuntu111.2.202.356ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.359ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.378ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.394ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.400ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.406ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.406ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.411ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.418ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.424ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.425ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.429ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.438ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.440ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.442ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.451ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.457ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.460ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.466ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.468ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.491ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.508ubuntu0.14.04.1
11.2.202.521ubuntu0.14.04.1

History

History
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affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-5572 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Adobe Air, published September 21, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.00%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.521ubuntu0.14.04.1.

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