CVE-2015-5119
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Jul 8, 2015
- Updated
- Nov 17, 2025
- Reserved
- Jun 26, 2015
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- 1032809vdb-entry
- 75568vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1207vendor-advisory
- TA15-195Athird-party-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:1211vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:1214vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:1214vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201507-13vendor-advisory
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.html
- VU#561288third-party-advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.html
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1210vendor-advisory
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/
- http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5119government-resource
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196issue-tracking
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