Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU5505

Use-after-free error in Adobe products - CVE-2015-5119

Published: January 30, 2017 / Updated: November 20, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU5505

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-2015-5119

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 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.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2015-5119

Install update from vendor's website.

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

External References

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