CVE-2015-5122: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Description
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Adobe: Flash Player
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.html (opens in new tab)
- marc.info (opens in new tab)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/132663/Adobe-Flash-opaqueBackground-Use-After-Free.html (opens in new tab)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.html (opens in new tab)
- h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay (opens in new tab)
- h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay (opens in new tab)
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html (opens in new tab)
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html (opens in new tab)
- perception-point.io/2018/04/11/breaking-cfi-cve-2015-5122-coop/ (opens in new tab)
- perception-point.io/new/breaking-cfi.php (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01 (opens in new tab)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37599/ (opens in new tab)
- www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/07/cve-2015-5122_-_seco.html (opens in new tab)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338736 (opens in new tab)
- www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75712 (opens in new tab)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890 (opens in new tab)
- www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)