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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uafThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195AThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13Third Party Advisory
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uafThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195AThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196Issue Tracking
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5119US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Jul 8, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Mar 3, 2022
NVD status: Analyzed