CVE-2015-5123

Publication date 14 July 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the BitmapData 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 overrides a valueOf function, as exploited in the wild in July 2015.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
adobe-flashplugin 15.04 vivid
Fixed 1:20150714.1-0vivid1
14.10 utopic
Fixed 1:20150714.1-0utopic1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:20150714.1-0trusty1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:20150714.1-0precise1
flashplugin-nonfree 15.04 vivid
Fixed 11.2.202.481ubuntu0.15.04.2
14.10 utopic
Fixed 11.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.10.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 11.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 11.2.202.481ubuntu0.12.04.2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
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

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