CVE-2015-5122
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Required action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5122
Description
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.
Severity
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation Context
as of October 15, 2026- CISA added CVE-2015-5122 to the KEV catalog 2,465 days after its CVE record was published.
- It is one of 82 Adobe entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 54 added in 2022.
- Its current EPSS score (93.9%) is higher than that of 77% of CISA KEV entries.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| - | - | n/a |
References
20 Links- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952467
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/07/cve-2015-5122_-_seco.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132663/Adobe-Flash-opaqueBackground-Use-After-Free.html
- https://perception-point.io/2018/04/11/breaking-cfi-cve-2015-5122-coop/
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html
- https://perception-point.io/new/breaking-cfi.php
Record Details
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