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CVE-2015-5119

CVE-2015-5119HIGH

n/a n/a — Adobe Flash Player

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    7.8   .9933   99.9   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Jun 26  Reserved by adobe
  Jul 8   Published (CNA: adobe)
  Mar 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-03-24

CWE-416 · CNA: adobe · CVSS v3.1 · 18 references · KEV due March 24, 2022

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
June 26, 2015	Reserved	Reserved by adobe
July 8, 2015	Published	Published (CNA: adobe)
March 3, 2022	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-03-24

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-416

References (18)

http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/ [x_refsource_MISC]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00016.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT]
http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816 [x_refsource_MISC]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288 [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN]
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf [x_refsource_MISC]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK]
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT]
https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196 [issue-tracking]
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.html [x_refsource_MISC]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5119 [government-resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2015-5119 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-416

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