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CVE-2015-5119

Adobe — Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Adobe · CWE-416 — Use after free · in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03

ExigentKEV since 2022 · listed over a yearCISA KEVActively Exploited
87

EVRS 87 of 100 Immediate

Out-of-Band / Urgent Remediation

Rank 266 of 2,960 tracked

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Why it scores 87

Evidence available: 6 of 7 signals

Listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and an EPSS probability of 0.986.

  • CISA KEVApplied
  • RansomwareDid not apply
  • Vendor exploitationDid not apply
  • EPSSApplied
  • Microsoft Exploitability IndexNot applicable
  • Pre-patch disclosureNo data
  • KEV recencyDid not apply
  • CVSSApplied

The band answers “how soon”, not “how bad”. No data for: Pre-patch disclosure. Why some signals show no data

Fix

Patch or fixed version identified

CISA required action

Fixed in

flashplugin-nonfree -> 11.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.1

Affected versions

  • flash player>= 13.0.0.182 <= 13.0.0296>= 14.0.0.125 <= 18.0.0.194<= 11.2.202.468
  • mac os x
  • windows
  • linux kernel
  • enterprise linux desktop5.06.0
  • enterprise linux eus6.6
  • enterprise linux server5.06.0
  • enterprise linux server aus6.6

+6 more affected products; see the full list at NVD.

Remediation

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

Fixed versions from NVD.

Evidence

Each value with its source
MeasureValueSource
CVSS base scoreHow severe the flaw is in itself. It does not say how likely an attack is. 9.8 NVD
FIRST EPSSFIRST's estimate of the chance this is exploited in the next 30 days, and how that ranks against all CVEs. 0.986 (99.92nd pctl) FIRST EPSS
Actively exploitedWhether a source of record has confirmed attacks using it in the wild. Confirmed CISA KEV
Ransomware campaign useWhether CISA has seen ransomware operators use it. Unknown or none CISA KEV
CISA remediation deadlineThe date US federal agencies must have fixed or mitigated it. 2022-03-24 · KEV since 2022 · listed over a year CISA KEV
Public exploit moduleA module existing is not the same as active exploitation. Public module exists Metasploit
EUVD cross-referenceENISA's record: CVSS 7.8 (v3.1), assigned by adobe. Listed ENISA EUVD

Description

NVD

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.

What CISA says to do

Public module

Metasploit lists a public great-rank module for this CVE: Adobe Flash Player ByteArray Use After Free (multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf). A module existing is not the same as active exploitation; see metasploit.com.