CVE-2015-5122 on CISA KEV

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 Li

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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…

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/1032890
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.html
• marc.info — http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
• h20564.www2.hpe.com — https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c…
• www.fireeye.com — https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/07/cve-2015-5122_-_seco.html
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A
• helpx.adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.html
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01
• www.rapid7.com — http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_backgr…
• h20564.www2.hp.com — https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c0…
• rhn.redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.html
• h20564.www2.hp.com — https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c0…
• www.kb.cert.org — http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338736
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37599/
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75712
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132663/Adobe-Flash-opaqueBackground-Use-Aft…
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.html
• perception-point.io — https://perception-point.io/2018/04/11/breaking-cfi-cve-2015-5122-coop/
• helpx.adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html
• perception-point.io — https://perception-point.io/new/breaking-cfi.php

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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