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CVE-2015-5119

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in...

9.8 CriticalIn KEVPublic exploitFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

98.6%Up 5.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

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.

Record
CVE-2015-5119
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 7.8

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.

Record
CVE-2015-5119
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-5134 7.8

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.

Record
EUVD-2015-5134
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3792-ff84-674w 9.8

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in...

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.

Record
GHSA-3792-ff84-674w
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score

Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

A use-after-free vulnerability exists within the ActionScript 3 ByteArray class in Adobe Flash Player that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.

Record
CVE-2015-5119
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-5119 9.8

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5119
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2015-0273 No score

Updated flash-player-plugin package fixes critical security vulnerabilities

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.481 contains fixes to critical security vulnerabilities found in earlier versions that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

Adobe is aware of a report that an exploit targeting CVE-2015-5119 has been publicly published.

This updates resolves heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-3135, CVE-2015-4432, CVE-2015-5118).

This updates resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-3117, CVE-2015-3123, CVE-2015-3130, CVE-2015-3133, CVE-2015-3134, CVE-2015-4431).

This updates resolves null pointer dereference issues (CVE-2015-3126, CVE-2015-4429).

This updates resolves a security bypass vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-3114).

This updates resolves type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-3119, CVE-2015-3120, CVE-2015-3121, CVE-2015-3122, CVE-2015-4433).

This updates resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-3118, CVE-2015-3124, CVE-2015-5117, CVE-2015-3127, CVE-2015-3128, CVE-2015-3129, CVE-2015-3131, CVE-2015-3132, CVE-2015-3136, CVE-2015-3137, CVE-2015-4428, CVE-2015-4430, CVE-2015-5119).

This updates resolves vulnerabilities that could be exploited to bypass the same-origin-policy and lead to information disclosure (CVE-2014-0578, CVE-2015-3115, CVE-2015-3116, CVE-2015-3125, CVE-2015-5116).

Record
MGASA-2015-0273
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:1211-1 No score

Security update for flash-player

flash-player was updated to fix 35 security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2015-3135, CVE-2015-4432, CVE-2015-5118: Heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (bsc#937339).
  • CVE-2015-3117, CVE-2015-3123, CVE-2015-3130, CVE-2015-3133, CVE-2015-3134, CVE-2015-4431: Memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (bsc#937339).
  • CVE-2015-3126, CVE-2015-4429: Null pointer dereference issues (bsc#937339).
  • CVE-2015-3114: A security bypass vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (bsc#937339).
  • CVE-2015-3119, CVE-2015-3120, CVE-2015-3121, CVE-2015-3122, CVE-2015-4433: Type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (bsc#937339).
  • CVE-2015-3118, CVE-2015-3124, CVE-2015-5117, CVE-2015-3127, CVE-2015-3128, CVE-2015-3129, CVE-2015-3131, CVE-2015-3132, CVE-2015-3136, CVE-2015-3137, CVE-2015-4428, CVE-2015-4430, CVE-2015-5119: Use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (bsc#937339).
  • CVE-2014-0578, CVE-2015-3115, CVE-2015-3116, CVE-2015-3125, CVE-2015-5116: Vulnerabilities that could be exploited to bypass the same-origin-policy and lead to information disclosure (bsc#937339).
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:1211-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
flash-player-plugin
Mageia:4
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
 before 11.2.202.481-1.mga4.nonfree
11.2.202.481-1.mga4.nonfree
flash-player-plugin
Mageia:5
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
 before 11.2.202.481-1.mga5.nonfree
11.2.202.481-1.mga5.nonfree
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
From an advisory covering 36 CVEs
 before 0:11.2.202.481-1.el5
0:11.2.202.481-1.el5
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
From an advisory covering 36 CVEs
 before 0:11.2.202.481-1.el5
0:11.2.202.481-1.el5
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
From an advisory covering 36 CVEs
 before 0:11.2.202.481-1.el6_6
0:11.2.202.481-1.el6_6
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
 before 11.2.202.481-93.1
11.2.202.481-93.1
flash-player
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
 before 11.2.202.481-93.1
11.2.202.481-93.1
flashplugin-nonfree
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 11.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions
11.2.202.310ubuntu111.2.202.327ubuntu0.13.10.111.2.202.332ubuntu111.2.202.335ubuntu111.2.202.336ubuntu1
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11.2.202.341ubuntu111.2.202.346ubuntu111.2.202.350ubuntu111.2.202.356ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.359ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.378ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.394ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.400ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.406ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.406ubuntu0.14.04.211.2.202.411ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.418ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.424ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.425ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.429ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.438ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.440ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.442ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.451ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.457ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.460ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.466ubuntu0.14.04.111.2.202.468ubuntu0.14.04.1
11.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
MetasploitAdobe Flash Player ByteArray Use After Free2015-07-06
Exploit-DBAdobe Flash Player - ByteArray Use-After-Free (Metasploit)2015-07-08
PoC in GitHubjvazquez-r7/CVE-2015-51192015-07-29
PoC in GitHubCiscoCXSecurity/CVE-2015-5119_walkthrough2015-09-10
PoC in GitHubdangokyo/CVE-2015-51192018-08-21

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
exploitation, exploits
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-5119 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Adobe Flash Player, published July 8, 2015. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since March 3, 2022. EUVD reports exploitation since March 3, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 98.6%, the 99th percentile. Fixed in flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.1.

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