CVE-2015-5119
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.986 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUSadded 2022-03-03remediate by 2022-03-24
required action The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.8–10
ssvc
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weaknesses
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ATT&CK techniques
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exploits (5)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-37523Adobe Flash Player - ByteArray Use-After-Free (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- dangokyo/CVE-2015-5119dangokyo/CVE-2015-5119PoC · poc_in_github
- jvazquez-r7/CVE-2015-5119jvazquez-r7/CVE-2015-5119PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (23)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- redhat enterprise linux server aus= 6.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server from rhui= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server from rhui= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux workstation= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux workstation= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (5)
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sources
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references (40)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/cnnvd
- http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816cnnvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288cnnvd
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.htmlcnnvd
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.htmlPatchcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.htmlcnnvd
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/enisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.htmlenisa_euvd
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