CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-5119

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2015-07-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability — Adobe Flash Player

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.

Added to KEV: 2022-03-03
Remediation due: 2022-03-24
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5119

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2015-07-08
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-416

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 configurations

• adobe flash player (>= 13.0.0.182 <= 13.0.0296) • adobe flash player (>= 14.0.0.125 <= 18.0.0.194) • adobe flash player (<= 11.2.202.468) • redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 6.6 • redhat enterprise linux server 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 6.6 • redhat enterprise linux server from rhui 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux server from rhui 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • opensuse evergreen 11.4 • opensuse opensuse 13.1 • opensuse opensuse 13.2 • suse linux enterprise desktop 11 • suse linux enterprise desktop 12 • suse linux enterprise workstation extension 12

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-416 Use After Free weakness

References

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
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