CVEs / CVE-2015-5123
CVE-2015-5123: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 13 Apr 2022
- critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 18.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the BitmapData class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute code or cause a denial-of-service (DoS).
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the BitmapData class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0.302 on Windows and OS X, 14.x through 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X, 11.x through 11.2.202.481 on Linux, and 12.x through 18.0.0.204 on Linux Chrome installations 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 | 13 Apr 2022 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 4 May 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-2015-5123 on NVD
- CVE-2015-5123 in the CISA KEV catalog
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2015-5123-in-adobe-flash-emerges-from-hacking-team-leak/ Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/918568 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75710 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04796784 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196 Issue Tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5123 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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