# CVE-2015-5119: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

> CVE-2015-5119: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability. CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2015-5119
Last updated: 2025-11-17T19:55:30Z

- Published: 2015-07-08 14:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-11-17 19:55 UTC · Assigner: adobe
- CVSS: 7.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 98.6%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-03-03, federal due date 2022-03-24, ransomware use: Unknown

## 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.

## CISA required action

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

## Affected vendors and products

- Adobe: Flash Player

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5119)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5119)
- [http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/](http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.html](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/msg00016.html)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.html)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.html)
- [http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.html](http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.html)
- [https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.html](https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.html)
- [https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.html)
- [https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13)
- [http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816](http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816)
- [http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288)
- [http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe\_flash\_hacking\_team\_uaf](http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568)
- [http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809](http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809)
- [http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A](http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A)

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