Critical

Memory Corruption in Adobe Flash Player and AIR (CVE-2015-3133)

IdentifiersCVE-2015-3133CWE-119· Improper Restriction of Operations…

CVE-2015-3133 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player (prior to 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X, and prior to 11.2.202.481 on Linux) and Adobe AIR (prior to 18.0.0.180, including SDK and Compiler). The vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors. The flaw is distinct from other contemporaneous vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-3117, CVE-2015-3123, CVE-2015-3130, CVE-2015-3134, CVE-2015-4431).

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ANALYST BRIEF

Impact, mitigation & remediation

What it means. What to do now. Patch path, mitigations, and the assume-compromise checklist.

Impact

What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.

Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected software, potentially leading to full system compromise. Alternatively, it may cause a denial of service via application crash.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

Disable or uninstall Flash Player and AIR where possible, or restrict execution to trusted content. Employ browser and endpoint security controls to limit exposure to Flash content from untrusted sources.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Adobe Flash Player to version 18.0.0.203 or later, and Adobe AIR (including SDK and Compiler) to version 18.0.0.180 or later. Adobe has released security updates addressing this vulnerability.

PUBLIC EXPLOITS

Exploits

No public exploits tracked yet. Mallory keeps watching.

VALID 0 / 0 TOTALView more in app

No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.

EXPOSURE SURFACE

Affected products & vendors

Products and vendors Mallory has correlated with this vulnerability. Open in Mallory to drill down to specific CPE configurations and version ranges.

VendorProductType

AdobeAirapplication

AdobeAir Sdkapplication

AdobeAir Sdk & Compilerapplication

AdobeFlash Playerapplication

Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

1 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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Exposure mapping

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Threat actor evidence

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Associated malware2

Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.

Detection signatures

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Vendor-by-vendor mapping

Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.

Social activity