CVE-2015-7645: Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 3 Mar 2022, 2,331 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 65.3%
EPSS score, percentile 99.3 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 7.8 High
CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record
- What should I do?
Required action (CISA), due 24 Mar 2022: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
- Which versions are affected?
Not stated. The CVE record gives vendor and product as “n/a” and the version as “unspecified”.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA due date for this action: 24 March 2022.
Advisories and patches
- RHSA-2015:1913
- RHSA-2015:2024
- SUSE-SU-2015:1770
- SUSE-SU-2015:1771
- GLSA-201511-02
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1768
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1781
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
Affected products and versions
The CVE record does not name affected products or versions: vendor and product are “n/a” and the version is “unspecified”.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
About this vulnerability
Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA added CVE-2015-7645 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 3 Mar 2022.
- CISA marks it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 24 Mar 2022.
- The CVE record was published on 15 Oct 2015, 2,331 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 65.3% (percentile 99.3), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
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.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2015 | CVE record published |
| 3 Mar 2022 | Added to CISA KEV |
| 24 Mar 2022 | CISA due date for the required action |
| 21 Oct 2025 | CVE record last updated |
References
2 more in the CVE record.
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