Exploitation evidence
Known exploited · CISA KEV listed
Added 2022-04-13. Ransomware campaign use: Unknown.
CISA required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA due date: 2022-05-04. This is the catalog’s deadline, not an assessment of your organization’s exposure.
KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗Reported products and versions
n/a / n/a
Default status: Not specified
- affected: n/a
Fixes and workarounds
No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.
Sources and related reporting
CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032890
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00028.html
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2015-5123-in-adobe-flash-emerges-from-hacking-team-leak/
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/918568
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00029.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04796784
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1235.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75710
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00032.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5123
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196
Observed change timeline
History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.
12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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