CVE-2015-5119 on CISA KEV

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

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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…

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

03Notes & references

• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.html
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.html
• rhn.redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.html
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13
• www.rapid7.com — http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_…
• helpx.adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.html
• www.kb.cert.org — http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288
• helpx.adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html
• packetstormsecurity.com — https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-Af…
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00016.html
• blog.trendmicro.com — http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-playe…
• twitter.com — http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

06Detection

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