Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability (CVE-2015-5119)
Severity: critical · Patch status: unpatched · Since 2022-03-03 · CVE-2015-5119
A use-after-free vulnerability exists within the ActionScript 3 ByteArray class in Adobe Flash Player that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution. CISA added CVE-2015-5119 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Mar 3, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Mar 24, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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