critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2015-5119Adobe Flash Player — Use-After-Free in the Byte Array Class

A use-after-free in Flash Player's byte array handling runs attacker code from a crafted page; it reached the public through a leaked exploit-broker archive.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade Flash Player past 13.0.0.296 and 18.0.0.194, or remove it entirely.

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THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
99%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2015-07-08
Added to KEV
2022-03-03
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
execution
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203
Severity
critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsA user opens the crafted content

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2015-5119 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-08-07