Adobe · Flash Player
CVE-2015-5123
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
What it is
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.
CISA: Use-after-free vulnerability in the BitmapData class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute code or cause a denial-of-service (DoS).
What to do
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Deadline for US federal agencies: May 4, 2022
- Added to the CISA list
- April 13, 2022
- Published
- July 14, 2015
- Severity
- High 7.8 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 19% in the top 2.7% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (15)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04796784
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.html
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04796784
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2015-5123-in-adobe-…
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/918568
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75710
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html
More exploited flaws from Adobe
| Added | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Attack chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2024 | Incorrect Default Permissions | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 11% |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Code Execution | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 11% |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Integer Underflow Vulnerablity | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 99.9% |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Double Free Vulnerablity | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 25% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Memory Corruption | Flash Player | High 7.8 | 83% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Unspecified | Flash Player | High 7.8 | 64% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Memory Corruption | Flash Player | High 7.8 | 91% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) | Flash Player | Medium 6.1 | 6.2% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.