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CVE-2015-5122

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DisplayObject class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0

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

Summary

Adobe Flash Player on Windows, macOS, and Linux, including its built-in version in Chrome, is affected. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw using specially crafted Flash content to run arbitrary code on the system or crash the software.

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

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Use-after-free vulnerability in the DisplayObject 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 leverages improper handling of the opaqueBackground property, 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 20

securitytracker.com

lists.opensuse.org

marc.info

h20564.www2.hpe.com

fireeye.com

us-cert.gov

helpx.adobe.com

security.gentoo.org

rapid7.com

h20564.www2.hp.com

rhn.redhat.com

kb.cert.org

Exploit-DB

securityfocus.com

packetstormsecurity.com

perception-point.io