Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.468/13.0.0.296/18.0.0.194 ActionScript 3 ValueOf memory corruption

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.468/13.0.0.296/18.0.0.194. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ValueOf of the component ActionScript 3. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-5119. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. This vulnerability is historically impactful due to its background and the reception it garnered. A worm is actively spreading and exploiting this vulnerability automatically. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.468/13.0.0.296/18.0.0.194 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is the function ValueOf of the component ActionScript 3. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 07/08/2015. The weakness was published 07/08/2015 by Morgan with Google Project Zero as apsb15-16 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5119 since 06/26/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/04/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at wikileaks.org. It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 552 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. A worm is spreading, which is automatically exploiting this vulnerability. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84641 (Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.144 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-16)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 167958 (OpenSuSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2015:1207-1)). This issue was added on 03/03/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 03/24/2022:

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 20042.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (37523), Zero-Day.cz (177), Tenable (84641), SecurityFocus (BID 75568†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1032809†). Similar entries are available at VDB-76351, VDB-76353, VDB-76355 and VDB-76356. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 84641
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.144 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-16)
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OpenVAS ID: 802781
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability July15 (Windows)
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MetaSploit ID: adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf.rb
MetaSploit Name: Adobe Flash Player ByteArray Use After Free
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb15-16
Researcher: Morgan
Organization: Google Project Zero
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CVE: CVE-2015-5119 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5119
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76340

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SecurityFocus: 75568 - Adobe Flash Player ActionScript 3 ByteArray Use After Free Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032809
Vulnerability Center: 51029 - [APSA15-03] Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution in ActionScript 3 ByteArray, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 07/09/2015 09:49
Updated: 02/04/2025 23:22
Changes: 07/09/2015 09:49 (88), 07/24/2019 14:21 (13), 04/23/2024 11:20 (24), 07/09/2024 04:28 (2), 07/17/2024 00:12 (12), 09/09/2024 22:29 (2), 11/12/2024 03:47 (1), 11/24/2024 04:40 (2), 12/26/2024 02:20 (1), 02/04/2025 23:22 (11)
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