{"id":"CVE-2015-5119","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-5119","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T22:34:25.688Z","title":"Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability","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.","published":"2015-07-08T14:59:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:28:29.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["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"],"epss":{"score":0.98618,"percentile":0.99923,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-03-03","dueDate":"2022-03-24","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5119"},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2015-07-08","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":37523,"kind":"exploit","title":"Adobe Flash Player - ByteArray Use-After-Free (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37523","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/remote/37523.rb","file":"exploits/multiple/remote/37523.rb","published":"2015-07-08","added":"2015-07-08","updated":"2015-07-08","author":"Metasploit","type":"remote","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2015-5119","OSVDB-124196"],"tags":"Metasploit Framework (MSF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). 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