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.
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132663/Adobe-Flash-opaqueBackground-Use-After-Free.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338736 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75712 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04796784 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952467 cve-icon cve-icon
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5122 cve-icon
https://perception-point.io/2018/04/11/breaking-cfi-cve-2015-5122-coop/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://perception-point.io/new/breaking-cfi.php cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5122 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5122 cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37599/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/07/cve-2015-5122_-_seco.html cve-icon cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2015-07-14T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:55:59.750Z

Reserved: 2015-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5122

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:32:32.895Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-07-14T10:59:00.213

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:15:44.377

Link: CVE-2015-5122

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2015-07-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5122 - Bugzilla