CVE-2015-5119

9.8

CVSS
Critical

PUBLISHED

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...

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction

Vendor: Adobe
Product: Flash Player
Published: Jul 08, 2015
EPSS: —

Description

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.

windows linux cisa metasploit

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 10.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation: active
Automatable: No
Technical impact: total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source	Added
CISA	Mar 03, 2022

Scanner integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Metasploit	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf.rb	Apr 28, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2015-5119

dangokyo/CVE-2015-5119

github · Created 2018-08-21 12:31:49 UTC · 3 stars

CiscoCXSecurity/CVE-2015-5119_walkthrough

github · Created 2015-09-10 10:10:36 UTC · 13 stars

Archive from the article CVE-2015-5119 Flash ByteArray UaF: A beginner's walkthrough

jvazquez-r7/CVE-2015-5119

github · Created 2015-07-29 20:21:20 UTC · 12 stars

Vulnerability detail