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Vulnerability · CVE-2015-5119

Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Published Jul 5, 2015 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Flash Player

Patch now

CVE-2015-5119 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
99.34%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/flash player · cpe opensuse/evergreen · cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop · cpe redhat/enterprise linux eus · cpe redhat/enterprise linux server · vendor Adobe Flash Player

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • cpe opensuse/evergreen11.4
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop5.0
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop6.0
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux eus6.6
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux server5.0
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux server6.0
  • vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2015-5119

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2015-5119 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with redhat/enterprise linux desktop 5.0; redhat/enterprise linux desktop 6.0; redhat/enterprise linux eus 6.6; redhat/enterprise linux server 5.0. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-119: Buffer Overflow; CWE-416: Use After Free. EPSS 99.34%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 8, 2015 · Catalog

    Detected

    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

  2. Mar 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  3. Mar 24, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-5119

    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.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2015-5119

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2015-5119

    30-day exploitation probability 99.3%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference37523

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf

    Public module reference (great). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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 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

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-5119

    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.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.