CVEs / CVE-2015-5119
CVE-2015-5119: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 3 Mar 2022
- critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 98.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability exists within the ActionScript 3 ByteArray class in Adobe Flash Player that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0.296 and 14.x through 18.0.0.194 on Windows and OS X and 11.x through 11.2.202.468 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted Flash content that overrides a valueOf function, as exploited in the wild in July 2015.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 3 Mar 2022 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 24 Mar 2022 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
References
- CVE-2015-5119 on NVD
- CVE-2015-5119 in the CISA KEV catalog
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/ Broken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.html Third Party Advisory
- http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816 Broken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.html Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196 Issue Tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5119 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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