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CVE-2015-5122

Date: July 14, 2015

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.

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (23)

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.html

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132663/Adobe-Flash-opaqueBackground-Use-After-Free.html

Url: https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/07/cve-2015-5122_-_seco.html

Url: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01

Url: https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952467

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75712

Url: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5122

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.html

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37599/

Url: http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf

Url: https://perception-point.io/2018/04/11/breaking-cfi-cve-2015-5122-coop/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5122

Url: https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04796784

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.html

Url: http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.html

Url: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338736

Url: https://perception-point.io/new/breaking-cfi.php

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-5122

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2015-5122

Date: July 14, 2015

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