CVE-2015-5123
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 BitmapData 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 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
- 18.83% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 13 April 2022 · due 4 May 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- 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 · adobe/flash player · adobe/flash player desktop runtime
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 18.8% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5123
References
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2015-5123-in-adobe-flash-emerges-from-hacking-team-leak/Broken 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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/918568Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75710Broken 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://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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01Third Party Advisory
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2015-5123-in-adobe-flash-emerges-from-hacking-team-leak/Broken 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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/918568Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75710Broken 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://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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196Issue Tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5123US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.