# CVE-2015-5119

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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2015-5119
- CVSS: 9.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03; CISA due date 2022-03-24
- EPSS: 98.62% (percentile 99.9)
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module · 3 GitHub proofs of concept (first 2015-07-08)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-11-17)
- Weakness: CWE-416
- Published: 2015-07-08

## Affected

- adobe:flash_player
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation
- opensuse:evergreen
- opensuse:opensuse
- suse:linux_enterprise_desktop
- suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension

## References

- [other] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809
- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568
- [advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.html
- [advisory] http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A
- [advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.html
- [advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.html
- [advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.html
- [advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13
- [other] http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf
- [other] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.html
- [advisory] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288
- [other] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html
- [other] https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.html
- [advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00016.html
- [other] http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/
- [other] http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5119
- [other] https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196

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