CVE-2015-5119
Publication date 8 July 2015
Last updated 21 August 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0.296 and 14.x through 18.0.0.194 on Windows and OS X and 11.x through 11.2.202.468 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted Flash content that overrides a valueOf function, as exploited in the wild in July 2015.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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adobe-flashplugin | ||
14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 1:20150708.1-0trusty1
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flashplugin-nonfree | ||
14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 11.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.1
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Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score |
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Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
Other references
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.html
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.html
- http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5119
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog