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CVE-2010-1297 Adobe CVE debrief

CVE-2010-1297 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that CISA added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-06-08. Because Flash Player is end-of-life, CISA’s guidance is to disconnect the product if it is still present in your environment. Treat any remaining Flash Player usage as a high-priority cleanup item.

Vendor
Adobe
Product
Flash Player
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-06-08
Original CVE updated
2022-06-08
Advisory published
2022-06-08
Advisory updated
2022-06-08

Who should care

Security teams, endpoint administrators, application owners, and asset managers should care if any systems, applications, or legacy workflows still rely on Adobe Flash Player. Environments with unmanaged endpoints or legacy browser content are especially important to check.

Technical summary

The published sources describe CVE-2010-1297 as an Adobe Flash Player memory corruption vulnerability. CISA’s KEV entry classifies it as a known exploited vulnerability and notes that the impacted product is end-of-life. The defensive implication is straightforward: this is not a candidate for routine patching in modern deployments; it is a legacy software risk that should be removed or disconnected if still in use.

Defensive priority

High. CISA has placed the CVE in KEV, and the affected product is end-of-life. Prioritize inventory, isolation, and removal over patch management.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Inventory all systems, browsers, plugins, VDI images, and legacy applications for any remaining Adobe Flash Player dependencies.
  • Disconnect or isolate affected systems if Flash Player is still installed or required, following CISA’s KEV guidance.
  • Remove Adobe Flash Player from endpoints and decommission any legacy workflows that still depend on it.
  • Verify that browser and application configurations do not allow Flash content to run.
  • Document any exceptions and set a remediation deadline for complete elimination of Flash Player usage.

Evidence notes

This debrief is limited to the supplied corpus and official links. The source data identifies CVE-2010-1297 as an Adobe Flash Player memory corruption vulnerability and cites CISA KEV guidance stating the product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. No additional exploit details are asserted.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2010-1297 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1297

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2010-1297 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1297

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.