“Use-after-free” error in Adobe products - CVE-2015-0349
Published: January 26, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5397
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0349
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to use-after-free error. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Affected software
Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
How to mitigate CVE-2015-0349
Install update from vendor's website.