CVE-2015-5119

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal remediation due 2022-03-24.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

98.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2015-07-08 14:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-17 19:55Z11 MO AGO

Reserved

2015-06-26

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

50ccd31017d25573b2f405d58a4b9afb7aa28c8b958d5b31828d76ce8d33a075

• www.securitytracker.com1032809http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com75568http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1207http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.us-cert.govTA15-195Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195Athird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1211http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1214http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1214http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201507-13https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.rapid7.comhttp://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uafx_refsource_MISC
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#561288http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132600/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1210http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00016.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• blog.trendmicro.comhttp://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/x_refsource_MISC
• twitter.comhttp://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816x_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5119government-resource
• github.comhttps://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196issue-tracking