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CVE-2015-0310 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-22

Adobe Flash Player vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player improperly discloses memory addresses, allowing attackers to bypass ASLR protections and facilitate code execution attacks.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

This memory disclosure vulnerability in Flash Player undermines a critical exploit mitigation. By leaking address information, attackers can defeat ASLR and reliably target code execution, increasing the severity of other memory corruption flaws.

CISA KEV Yes · 2022-05-253EPSS 0.15217 (verify live)4
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Reported exploitation
6 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.15217 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Adobe, Flash Player. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-264 Permissions/Privileges/Access Control — weakness family: Authorization / access control.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
NVD ↗Reported
WeaknessCWE-264 · Permissions/Privileges/Access ControlAuthorization / access control
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution not established

No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
I discover memory addresses within the Flash Player process by exploiting improper address space layout randomization protections.
Business
The organization's endpoint defense strategy loses a foundational mitigation layer, elevating risk of arbitrary code execution across the user base.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I use the leaked addresses to craft reliable exploits that bypass ASLR and target specific code locations for payload delivery.
Business
Attackers gain consistent, reproducible paths to compromise systems, increasing successful breach rates and reducing time-to-compromise.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
I chain this vulnerability with memory corruption flaws to achieve remote code execution with high reliability.
Business
The organization faces elevated risk of malware installation, data theft, and system compromise through compromised user endpoints running Flash.
04

What to do

— defensible action
  • Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05

Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • 6 reported-exploitation source(s)
  • CWE weakness mapping (NVD)
  • Catalogued by adobe (CNA)
  • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
  • No finder/reporter credit recorded in the public CVE entry — the work behind this find is unattributed.
  • Disclosure & credit2
    Catalogued by adobeCNA
    Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.