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.
Published 2015-07-08 14:59:06
Updated 2025-04-21 15:09:01
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionExecute codeDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2015-5119

CVE-2015-5119 is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

CISA vulnerability name:
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
CISA required action:
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA description:
A use-after-free vulnerability exists within the ActionScript 3 ByteArray class in Adobe Flash Player that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.
Notes:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5119
Added on 2022-03-03 Action due date 2022-03-24

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5119

93.23%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 100 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2015-5119

  • Adobe Flash Player ByteArray Use After Free
    Disclosure Date: 2015-07-06
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf
    This module exploits an use after free on Adobe Flash Player. The vulnerability, discovered by Hacking Team and made public as part of the July 2015 data leak, was described as an Use After Free while handling ByteArray objects. This module has been tested successful

CVSS scores for CVE-2015-5119

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
10.0
HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
10.0
10.0
NIST
9.8
CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.9
5.9
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 2025-02-04
9.8
CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.9
5.9
NIST 2024-07-16

CWE ids for CVE-2015-5119

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
  • The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
    Assigned by:
    • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
    • nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2015-5119

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