VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2015-5119
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 99.3%
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 99.34% probability · 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- adobe/flash player · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server from rhui · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · opensuse/evergreen · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise workstation extension
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
CISA notes
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5119
References
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/Broken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816Broken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uafThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195AThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13Third Party Advisory
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/Broken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816Broken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uafThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195AThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.