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CVE-2015-5122

Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 93.7%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 4 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

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.

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
93.69% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 13 April 2022 · due 4 May 2022
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
adobe/flash player · adobe/flash player desktop runtime · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · opensuse/evergreen · 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-2015-5122

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.