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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

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Listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Adobe Flash Player on Windows, macOS, and Linux is affected through its ActionScript 3 ByteArray class. A remote attacker could use specially crafted Flash content to run arbitrary code or crash the software through memory corruption.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 16

securitytracker.com

securityfocus.com

lists.opensuse.org

us-cert.gov

rhn.redhat.com

security.gentoo.org

rapid7.com

helpx.adobe.com

kb.cert.org

packetstormsecurity.com

blog.trendmicro.com

twitter.com