Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the BitmapData 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 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/new-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2015-5123-in-adobe-flash-emerges-from-hacking-team-leak/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/918568Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75710Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195AThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04796784Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01Third Party Advisory
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2015-5123-in-adobe-flash-emerges-from-hacking-team-leak/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/918568Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75710Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195AThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04796784Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196Issue Tracking
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5123US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Jul 14, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Apr 13, 2022
NVD status: Analyzed