CVE-2015-5119

Known Exploited Public Exploit

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 93.23% Top 5%
KEV Since 
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory adobe.com Vendor Advisory adobe.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A third party advisory us government resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf third party advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.html patch vendor advisory broken link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288 third party advisory us government resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html patch vendor advisory broken link
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.html exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00016.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/ broken link
http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816 broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-5119?
CVE-2015-5119 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-5119?
To fix CVE-2015-5119, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-5119 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is confirmed that CVE-2015-5119 is actively exploited. Be extra cautious if you are using vulnerable components. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~93% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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