Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU5502

Use-after-free error in Adobe products - CVE-2015-3137

Published: January 30, 2017 / Updated: September 14, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU5502

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-2015-3137

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is 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 when processing .swf files. 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 of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Affected software

Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Gentoo Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2015-3137

Install update from vendor's website.

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

Exploit #946 - Adobe Flash - Use-After-Free in Drawing Methods 'this' (March 18, 2020)

External References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html