CVE-2015-5122

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score elevated to 9.8 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-04-13), 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 Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild

Also known asEUVD-2015-5137 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at low or medium mission impact
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 87%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Metasploit · Exploit-DB (verified)Exposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
84
EG Risk 84/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation100% × 40%
Fixed at 100% for a CISA KEV listing: EchelonGraph's rule.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.
Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.
EPSS PROB
87%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
⚠ Exploited

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
87% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
CISA KEV and EG-KEV Tier 1 (exploited in the wild)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Attend at medium mission impactTrack at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.

Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV yes (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

CISA required action“The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.”

Quoted verbatim from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA directs it at US federal civilian executive branch agencies under Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on 10 June 2026; it is not EchelonGraph's advice. CISA's notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5122

Published

July 14, 2015

Last Modified

April 21, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Oct 29, 2026
⚠️ Actively exploited (CISA KEV, CISA Vulnrichment). Patch available. Sources: cert.
Web page

Adobe Flash opaqueBackground Use After Free | Metasploit Module

http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf
CERT

VU#338736 - Adobe Flash ActionScript 3 opaqueBackground use-after-free vulnerability

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338736
Web page

'[security bulletin] HPSBMU03409 rev.1 - HP Matrix Operating Environment, Multiple Vulnerabilities' - MARC

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
Web page

CVE-2015-5122 - PSIRT.COM

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75712

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatflash-plugin-0:11.2.202.491-1.el6_62015-07-16redhat

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(1)

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 26× in last 7d / 187× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 1,809 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 1,709 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-02 14:33 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-02 14:33 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-11-02 14:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-11-01 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 87% · 99th percentile
  5. 2026-11-01 16:19 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-11-01 16:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  7. 2026-10-31 18:03 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-31 18:03 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-31 18:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  10. 2026-10-31 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 87% · 99th percentile
  11. 2026-10-30 19:49 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-30 19:49 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-30 19:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  14. 2026-10-29 21:35 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-29 21:35 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-29 21:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  17. 2026-10-29 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 87% · 99th percentile
  18. 2026-10-28 23:21 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-28 23:21 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-28 23:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  21. 2026-10-28 01:06 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-28 01:06 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-28 01:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-10-27 02:50 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-27 02:50 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-10-27 02:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  2. 2026-10-26 04:33 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-26 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-10-25 19:54 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-25 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 87% · 99th percentile
  6. 2026-10-25 06:18 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-25 06:18 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-25 06:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  9. 2026-10-24 08:04 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-24 08:04 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-24 08:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-10-23 09:47 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-23 09:47 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-23 09:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  15. 2026-10-22 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 94% · 99th percentile
  16. 2026-10-22 11:31 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-22 11:31 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-22 11:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  19. 2026-10-21 13:16 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-21 13:16 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-21 13:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  22. 2026-10-20 15:01 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-20 15:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-10-19 16:46 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-19 16:46 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-10-19 16:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  27. 2026-10-19 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 94% · 99th percentile
  28. 2026-10-18 18:29 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-10-18 18:29 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-10-18 18:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  31. 2026-10-18 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 94% · 99th percentile
  32. 2026-10-18 11:01 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-10-17 20:15 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-10-17 20:15 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-10-17 20:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  36. 2026-10-16 21:59 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-10-16 21:59 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-10-16 21:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  39. 2026-10-15 23:45 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-10-15 23:45 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-10-15 23:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  42. 2026-10-15 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 94% · 99th percentile
  43. 2026-10-15 01:31 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-10-15 01:31 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-10-15 01:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  46. 2026-10-14 03:16 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-10-14 03:16 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-10-14 03:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  49. 2026-10-13 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 94% · 99th percentile
  50. 2026-10-13 04:59 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-10-13 04:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  52. 2026-10-12 20:52 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-10-12 06:44 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-10-12 06:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  55. 2026-10-12 02:44 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-10-12 02:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  57. 2026-10-11 22:45 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-10-11 22:45 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-10-11 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  60. 2026-10-11 18:47 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-10-11 18:47 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-10-11 18:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  63. 2026-10-11 14:44 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-10-11 14:44 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-10-11 14:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  66. 2026-10-11 13:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 94% · 99th percentile
  67. 2026-10-11 10:44 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-10-11 10:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  69. 2026-10-11 06:41 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-10-11 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  71. 2026-10-11 02:42 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-10-11 02:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  73. 2026-10-10 22:44 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-10-10 22:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9h3m-vp3m-35pw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  75. 2026-10-10 18:44 UTCVendor advisory

Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-37599✓ verified
    Published Jul 13, 2015

    Adobe Flash - opaqueBackground Use-After-Free (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_opaque_background_uaf✓ verified
    Published Jul 11, 2015

    Adobe Flash opaqueBackground Use After Free

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2015-5122?
CVE-2015-5122 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on July 14, 2015. 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…
When was CVE-2015-5122 made public?
CVE-2015-5122 was made public on July 10, 2015: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Adobe Systems Incorporated, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on July 14, 2015. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of April 21, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2015-5122 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2015-5122 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on April 13, 2022, affecting Adobe Flash Player. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate attention. A fix is available. Apply it.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-5122?
CVE-2015-5122 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2015-5122?
CVE-2015-5122 affects Adobe Flash Player.
How do I remediate CVE-2015-5122?
A fix for CVE-2015-5122 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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