CVE-2015-5122
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
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
- 87.03% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 13 July 2015
- 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
EPSS moved from 87.0% on 25 October 2026 to 87.0% on 30 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
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
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132663/Adobe-Flash-opaqueBackground-Use-After-Free.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338736Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uafThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75712Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195AThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04796784Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952467Third Party Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://perception-point.io/2018/04/11/breaking-cfi-cve-2015-5122-coop/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://perception-point.io/new/breaking-cfi.phpBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37599/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/07/cve-2015-5122_-_seco.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132663/Adobe-Flash-opaqueBackground-Use-After-Free.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338736Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uafThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75712Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.