CVE-2015-5119

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.8 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-03), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS: 99%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0.296 and 14.x through 18.0.0.194 on Windows and OS X and 11.x through 11.2.202.468 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted Flash content that overrides a valueOf function, as exploited in the wild in July 2015.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
84(Attend)
EG Risk 84/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS
99.9%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

July 8, 2015

Last Modified

April 21, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated May 12, 2026
No patch confirmed yet. Sources: cert.
generic
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568
generic

Rapid7 Vulnerability Database

http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf
cert

VU#561288 - Adobe Flash ActionScript 3 ByteArray use-after-free vulnerability

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288
generic
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.html

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatflash-plugin-0:11.2.202.481-1.el6_62015-07-08redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 84× in last 7d / 356× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 667 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-23 01:18 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-23 00:20 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-22 23:08 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-22 23:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-22 21:58 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-22 19:40 UTCCISA KEV update
  7. 2026-07-22 18:53 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-22 18:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-22 14:35 UTCVendor advisory
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  11. 2026-07-22 10:17 UTCVendor advisory
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  14. 2026-07-22 06:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-22 01:44 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-22 01:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-21 21:28 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-21 21:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-21 17:12 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-21 17:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-21 14:37 UTCCISA KEV update
  22. 2026-07-21 12:55 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-21 12:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-21 08:33 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-07-21 08:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-21 04:17 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-21 04:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-20 23:59 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-20 23:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-20 19:43 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-20 19:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-20 15:28 UTCVendor advisory
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  9. 2026-07-20 11:08 UTCVendor advisory
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  11. 2026-07-20 06:53 UTCVendor advisory
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  15. 2026-07-19 21:42 UTCVendor advisory
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  19. 2026-07-19 13:12 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-19 13:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-19 08:57 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-07-19 08:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-19 04:42 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-19 04:42 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-07-19 04:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-07-19 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-07-19 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-07-19 00:26 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-07-19 00:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-07-18 20:11 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-07-18 20:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-07-18 15:54 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-07-18 15:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-07-18 11:39 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-07-18 11:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-07-18 07:23 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-07-18 07:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-07-18 03:08 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-07-18 03:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-07-17 22:52 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-07-17 22:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-07-17 18:37 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-07-17 18:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-07-17 14:21 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-07-17 14:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-07-17 10:05 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-07-17 10:05 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-07-17 10:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-07-17 05:50 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-07-17 05:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-07-17 01:35 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-07-17 01:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-07-16 21:20 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-07-16 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-07-16 17:05 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-07-16 17:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-07-16 17:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  58. 2026-07-16 12:47 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-07-16 12:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-07-16 08:32 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-07-16 08:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-07-16 04:17 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-07-16 04:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-07-16 00:01 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-07-16 00:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-07-15 19:45 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-07-15 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-07-15 16:49 UTCCISA KEV update
  69. 2026-07-15 15:29 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-07-15 15:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-07-15 15:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  72. 2026-07-15 11:13 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-07-15 11:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-07-15 06:57 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-07-15 06:57 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(5 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (3 GitHub PoCs) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCdangokyo/CVE-2015-5119
    First seen Aug 21, 2018
    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCCiscoCXSecurity/CVE-2015-5119_walkthrough
    First seen Sep 10, 2015

    Archive from the article CVE-2015-5119 Flash ByteArray UaF: A beginner's walkthrough

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCjvazquez-r7/CVE-2015-5119
    First seen Jul 29, 2015
    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-37523✓ verified
    First seen Jul 8, 2015

    Adobe Flash Player - ByteArray Use-After-Free (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf✓ verified
    First seen Jul 6, 2015

    Adobe Flash Player ByteArray Use After Free

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2015-5119?
CVE-2015-5119 is a critical vulnerability published on July 8, 2015. Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0.296 and 14.x through 18.0.0.194 on Windows and OS X and 11.x through 11.2.202.468 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of…
When was CVE-2015-5119 disclosed?
CVE-2015-5119 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 8, 2015, with the most recent update on April 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2015-5119 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2015-5119 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 3, 2022, affecting Adobe Flash Player. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-5119?
CVE-2015-5119 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2015-5119?
CVE-2015-5119 affects Adobe Flash Player. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2015-5119?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2015-5119, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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