CVE-2015-5122

Adobe Flash Player: Use-After-Free

As of , CVE-2015-5122 in Adobe Flash Player is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 13 April 2022
US federal deadline
4 May 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.94Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.94 on 13 April 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry (1 verified)
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DisplayObject class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute code or cause a denial-of-service (DoS).

CISA's 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.

The CVE record's description, from adobe

CVE published
14 July 2015
Assigned by
adobe
CVSS
7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-416
Use After Free
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 37599).
  2. The CVE record was published.
  3. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  4. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Public exploits

Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.

Flash Player: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2014-0497Integer Underflow VulnerablityAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry0.99
CVE-2010-1297Memory CorruptionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.83; verified Exploit-DB entry0.83
CVE-2011-0609UnspecifiedAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.64; verified Exploit-DB entry0.64
CVE-2012-0754Memory CorruptionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.91; verified Exploit-DB entry0.91
CVE-2015-0311Remote Code ExecutionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.86; verified Exploit-DB entry0.86
CVE-2015-0313Use-After-FreeAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.95; verified Exploit-DB entry0.95
CVE-2015-3113Heap-Based Buffer OverflowAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry0.99
CVE-2011-0611Remote Code ExecutionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry0.99
CVE-2012-1535Arbitrary Code ExecutionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.70; verified Exploit-DB entry0.70
CVE-2015-3043Memory CorruptionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.74; verified Exploit-DB entry0.74

All 33 entries for Flash Player

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