CVE-2015-5119

9.8 CRITICAL CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: July 08, 2015 Modified: November 17, 2025
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00016.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Third Party Advisory
http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Third Party Advisory
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00016.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5119
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

34 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
93.1%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2022-03-24

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416 CWE-416

Affected Vendors

suse redhat adobe linux microsoft apple opensuse

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