Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU5468

“Use-after-free” error in Adobe products - CVE-2015-5122

Published: January 27, 2017 / Updated: November 20, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU5468

CSH Severity: Critical

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-2015-5122

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

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 in the ActionScript 3 opaqueBackground class. 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.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Affected software

Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release
Adobe Flash Player
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
iMC SHM
HPE iMC PLAT

How to mitigate CVE-2015-5122

Install update from vendor's website.

iMC SHM - update to 7.1 E0301P05
HPE iMC PLAT - update to 7.1 E0303P16

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

External References

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