CVE-2015-5122
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Published
- Jul 14, 2015
- Updated
- Nov 17, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- adobe
- Evidence observed
- Jul 13, 2015
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.8%
- Model date
- Oct 15, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
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 corruption) via crafted Flash content that leverages improper handling of the opaqueBackground property, as exploited in the wild in July 2015.
Sources
modules/exploits/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Windows($.exploit_multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf.platform)
- verification: check_not_declared($.exploit_multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf.check)
- Adobe-Flash-Exploits_17-18Exploit
Converted Metasploit exploits for Adobe Flash vulnerabilities CVE-2015-3090, CVE-2015-3105, CVE-2015-5119, and CVE-2015-5122 to a Python3 script.
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