CVE-2015-5122

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.870 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 2 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

87.0% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

21 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-04-13remediate by 2022-05-04

required action The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.8–10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v2.010criticalAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416USprimaryCWE-416US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uafAdobe Flash opaqueBackground Use After Freeweaponized · metasploit
EDB-37599Adobe Flash - opaqueBackground Use-After-Free (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db

affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Flash Player≤ 18.0.0.203fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Flash Player11.0.1.153 → 11.2.202.481fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Flash Player12.0 → 18.0.0.204fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Flash Player13.0.0.182 → 13.0.0.302fstec_bduRU
adobe flash player11.0 → 11.2.202.481nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player13.0 → 13.0.0.302nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player18.0 → 18.0.0.204nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player18.0 → 18.0.0.203nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player desktop runtime18.0 → 18.0.0.203nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse evergreen= 11.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:evergreen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server eus= 6.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise desktop= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise desktop= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2015-07-14modified 2026-06-17

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references (62)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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