Actively exploited · Published Jul 14, 2015 · Assigned by adobe
CVE-2015-5123
High 7.8 Exploited
In plain English
A high-severity use-after-free in Flash Player from Adobe. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on April 13, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 18.8% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities). The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA guidance
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Federal agencies must remediate by May 4, 2022.
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- 1032890 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- SUSE-SU-2015:1255 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2015-5123-in-adobe-flash-emerges-from-hacking-team-leak/ x_refsource_MISC
- HPSBMU03409 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP
- TA15-195A third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- VU#918568 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
- SUSE-SU-2015:1258 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- GLSA-201508-01 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- HPSBHF03509 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP
- RHSA-2015:1235 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- 75710 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1267 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5123 government-resource
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196 issue-tracking