CVE-2015-5122
Use-after-free vulnerability in the DisplayObject class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- adobe
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability.
- Added
- 13 Apr 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 4 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 87.0% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (22)
- 1032890 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1255 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- HPSBMU03409 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952467 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/07/cve-2015-5122_-_seco.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA15-195A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1258 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201508-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- HPSBHF03509 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1235 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- VU#338736 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 37599 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 75712 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132663/Adobe-Flash-opaqueBackground-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1267 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://perception-point.io/2018/04/11/breaking-cfi-cve-2015-5122-coop/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://perception-point.io/new/breaking-cfi.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5122 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196 (opens in a new tab)issue-tracking
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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