CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-5122

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2015-07-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DisplayObject class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute code or cause a denial-of-service (DoS).

Added to KEV: 2022-04-13
Remediation due: 2022-05-04
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-2015-5122

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2015-07-14
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 DisplayObject 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 leverages improper handling of the opaqueBackground property, as exploited in the wild in July 2015.

Affected configurations

• adobe flash player (>= 13.0 <= 13.0.0.302) • adobe flash player (>= 18.0 <= 18.0.0.203) • adobe flash player desktop runtime (>= 18.0 <= 18.0.0.203) • adobe flash player (>= 18.0 <= 18.0.0.204) • adobe flash player (>= 11.0 <= 11.2.202.481) • redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 6.6 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • opensuse evergreen 11.4 • 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://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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132663/Adobe-Flash-opaqueBackground-Use-After-Free.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338736 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75712 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://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952467 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://perception-point.io/2018/04/11/breaking-cfi-cve-2015-5122-coop/ Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://perception-point.io/new/breaking-cfi.php Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37599/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/07/cve-2015-5122_-_seco.html 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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132663/Adobe-Flash-opaqueBackground-Use-After-Free.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338736 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75712 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://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952467 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://perception-point.io/2018/04/11/breaking-cfi-cve-2015-5122-coop/ Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://perception-point.io/new/breaking-cfi.php Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37599/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/07/cve-2015-5122_-_seco.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196 Issue Tracking
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5122 US Government Resource