CVE-2015-5119
CVSS 3.1 Score 9.8 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Jul 8, 2015
Updated: Jul 16, 2024
CWE ID 416
Summary
CVE-2015-5119 is a use-after-free vulnerability discovered in Adobe Flash Player's ByteArray class, affecting versions 13.x through 13.0.0.296 and 14.x through 18.0.0.194 on Windows, OS X, and Linux. This issue arises when a valueOf function in AS3 implementation is overwritten with malicious content. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service (memory corruption) incident. This vulnerability was exploited in the wild in July 2015.
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Affected Products
- Adobe Flash Player
Affected Vendors
- Adobe
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