# CVE-2015-5571: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can exploit a CSRF vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player to access sensitive information via crafted SWF content targeting JSONP endpoints.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Sep 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9rw6-x6f2-42c3, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5571

## What is CVE-2015-5571?

CVE-2015-5571 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air, published on 22 Sep 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

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 do not properly restrict the SWF file format, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks against JSONP endpoints, and obtain sensitive information, via a crafted OBJECT element with SWF content satisfying the character-set requirements of a callback API.  NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4671 and CVE-2014-5333.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5571?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Adobe Air, Adobe Air Sdk, Adobe Air Sdk \& Compiler, Adobe Flash Player.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-5571?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-5571 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5571 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Air

- [CVE-2016-1010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1010/): Adobe Flash Player and AIR Integer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-8651](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8651/): Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-8439](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8439/): Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2012-2034](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2034/): Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-8459](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8459/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-5571 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-5571 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air, published on 22 Sep 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5571 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Adobe Air. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5571/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5571/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5571
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5571
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-5571

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