CVE-2015-5122

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-04-13. Federal remediation due 2022-05-04.

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

93.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.8% 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

2015-07-14 10:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-17 22:01Z9 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

f89bc0ede6de78d17edee99777aa036119d4ff4eac1e6f1a4282c3032df43e55

• www.securitytracker.com1032890http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1255http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• marc.infoHPSBMU03409http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
• h20564.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952467x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.fireeye.comhttps://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/07/cve-2015-5122_-_seco.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.us-cert.govTA15-195Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195Athird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1258http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201508-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.rapid7.comhttp://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uafx_refsource_MISC
• h20564.www2.hp.comHPSBHF03509https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04796784vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1235http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#338736http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338736third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• www.exploit-db.com37599https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37599/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securityfocus.com75712http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75712vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132663/Adobe-Flash-opaqueBackground-Use-After-Free.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1267http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• perception-point.iohttps://perception-point.io/2018/04/11/breaking-cfi-cve-2015-5122-coop/x_refsource_MISC
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• perception-point.iohttps://perception-point.io/new/breaking-cfi.phpx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5122government-resource
• github.comhttps://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196issue-tracking