CVE-2015-5122: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
First published: Tue Jul 14 2015(Updated: )
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.
Credit: psirt@adobe.com psirt@adobe.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Flash Player | >=13.0<=13.0.0.302 | |
| Adobe Flash Player | >=18.0<=18.0.0.203 | |
| Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime | >=18.0<=18.0.0.203 | |
| Apple macOS | ||
| Microsoft Windows | ||
| Adobe Flash Player | >=18.0<=18.0.0.204 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | ||
| Adobe Flash Player | >=18.0<=18.0.0.203 | |
| Adobe Flash Player | >=18.0<=18.0.0.203 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 | ||
| Adobe Flash Player | >=11.0<=11.2.202.481 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =6.6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =6.0 | |
| Opensuse Evergreen | =11.4 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =11-sp3 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =11-sp4 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =12 | |
| Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension | =12 | |
| All of | ||
| Any of | ||
| Adobe Flash Player | >=13.0<=13.0.0.302 | |
| Adobe Flash Player | >=18.0<=18.0.0.203 | |
| Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime | >=18.0<=18.0.0.203 | |
| Any of | ||
| Apple macOS | ||
| Microsoft Windows | ||
| All of | ||
| Adobe Flash Player | >=18.0<=18.0.0.204 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | ||
| All of | ||
| Any of | ||
| Adobe Flash Player | >=18.0<=18.0.0.203 | |
| Adobe Flash Player | >=18.0<=18.0.0.203 | |
| Any of | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 | ||
| All of | ||
| Adobe Flash Player | >=11.0<=11.2.202.481 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | ||
| Adobe Flash Player | ||
| All of | ||
| Any of | ||
| >=13.0<=13.0.0.302 | ||
| >=18.0<=18.0.0.203 | ||
| >=18.0<=18.0.0.203 | ||
| Any of | ||
| All of | ||
| >=18.0<=18.0.0.204 | ||
| All of | ||
| Any of | ||
| >=18.0<=18.0.0.203 | ||
| >=18.0<=18.0.0.203 | ||
| Any of | ||
| All of | ||
| >=11.0<=11.2.202.481 | ||
| =5.0 | ||
| =6.0 | ||
| =5.0 | ||
| =6.0 | ||
| =6.6 | ||
| =5.0 | ||
| =6.0 | ||
| =11.4 | ||
| =11-sp3 | ||
| =11-sp4 | ||
| =12 | ||
| =12 |
Remedy
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132663/Adobe-Flash-opaqueBackground-Use-After-Free.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338736
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75712
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04796784
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952467
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html
- https://perception-point.io/2018/04/11/breaking-cfi-cve-2015-5122-coop/
- https://perception-point.io/new/breaking-cfi.php
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37599/
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/07/cve-2015-5122_-_seco.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5122
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