CVE-2015-5123

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.

• CWE-416
• CWE-416

• http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2015-5123-in-adobe-flash-emerges-from-hacking-team-leak/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/918568Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75710Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195AThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04796784Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01Third Party Advisory
• http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2015-5123-in-adobe-flash-emerges-from-hacking-team-leak/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/918568Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75710Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195AThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04796784Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196Issue Tracking
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5123US Government Resource

Published

Jul 14, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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