[ CVE-2015-0310 · Published 23 Jan 2015 ]

Adobe Flash Player ASLR Bypass Vulnerability

Exploited · CISA KEV CVSS 7.8 EPSS 15%Fix available

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

  • Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2022-05-25
  • EPSS: 15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 97% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.262 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.287 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.438 on Linux does not properly restrict discovery of memory addresses, which allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism on Windows, and have an unspecified impact on other platforms, via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2015.

CISA: Adobe Flash Player does not properly restrict discovery of memory addresses, which allows attackers to bypass the address space layout randomization (ASLR) protection mechanism.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 15 Jun 2022): The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.