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CVE-2015-5119

flash-plugin: code execution issue in APSA15-03 / APSB15-16

Published Modified CWE 416
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Red Hat. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

Description

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 exploited in the wild in July 2015.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
ubuntu 12.04adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree1:20150708.1-0precise1 and 1 more
ubuntu 14.04adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree1:20150708.1-0trusty1 and 1 more
ubuntu 14.10adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree1:20150708.1-0utopic1 and 1 more
ubuntu 15.04adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree1:20150708.1-0vivid1 and 1 more
Show all 8 entries from 4 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
ubuntu 12.04adobe-flashplugin1:20150708.1-0precise1
ubuntu 12.04flashplugin-nonfree11.2.202.481ubuntu0.12.04.1
ubuntu 14.04adobe-flashplugin1:20150708.1-0trusty1
ubuntu 14.04flashplugin-nonfree11.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.04.1
ubuntu 14.10adobe-flashplugin1:20150708.1-0utopic1
ubuntu 14.10flashplugin-nonfree11.2.202.481ubuntu0.14.10.1
ubuntu 15.04adobe-flashplugin1:20150708.1-0vivid1
ubuntu 15.04flashplugin-nonfree11.2.202.481ubuntu0.15.04.1

References

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