CVE-2015-5119

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.

Score: CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical
Status: Analyzed - psirt@adobe.com
Published: 2015-07-08
Last modified: 2025-11-17
Known exploited (CISA KEV): since 2022-03-03, action due 2022-03-24: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Weaknesses: CWE-416

Affected products

References

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