CVE-2015-5122
Use-after-free vulnerability in the DisplayObject class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 87.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 13 Apr 2022
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the DisplayObject class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0.302 on Windows and OS X, 14.x through 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X, 11.x through 11.2.202.481 on Linux, and 12.x through 18.0.0.204 on Linux Chrome installations allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted Flash content that leverages improper handling of the opaqueBackground property, as exploited in the wild in July 2015.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability.
- Added
- 13 Apr 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 4 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 13 Apr 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Adobe Flash opaqueBackground Use After Free (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uafRank greatdisclosed 6 Jul 2015
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Adobe Flash - opaqueBackground Use-After-Free (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 37599remote, windowspublished 13 Jul 2015Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 37599 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By adobe
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 87.0% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References22
- 1032890 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1255 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- HPSBMU03409 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952467 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/07/cve-2015-5122_-_seco.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA15-195A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1258 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201508-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- HPSBHF03509 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1235 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- VU#338736 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 37599 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 75712 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132663/Adobe-Flash-opaqueBackground-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1267 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://perception-point.io/2018/04/11/breaking-cfi-cve-2015-5122-coop/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://perception-point.io/new/breaking-cfi.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5122 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196 (opens in a new tab)issue-tracking
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-5137 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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