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CVE-2015-0310 Adobe CVE debrief
CVE-2015-0310 is an Adobe Flash Player ASLR bypass vulnerability that CISA includes in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. In the supplied corpus, the product is explicitly described as end-of-life, and the recommended action is to disconnect it if it is still in use. For defenders, the main concern is legacy Flash exposure rather than fine-grained technical analysis, because the authoritative guidance here is to remove or isolate the affected software rather than attempt a compensating patch.
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- Flash Player
- CVSS
- Unknown
- CISA KEV
- Listed
- Original CVE published
- 2022-05-25
- Original CVE updated
- 2022-05-25
- Advisory published
- 2022-05-25
- Advisory updated
- 2022-05-25
Who should care
Security teams, endpoint administrators, and asset owners responsible for legacy Adobe Flash Player deployments. This is especially important where Flash may still exist on older endpoints, kiosks, virtualized apps, or other hard-to-replace systems.
Technical summary
The official record identifies the issue as an Adobe Flash Player ASLR bypass. The supplied sources do not provide a deeper root-cause breakdown, exploit chain, or affected-version matrix, so the safest evidence-based summary is limited to the vulnerability class and the fact that it is a known exploited weakness in an end-of-life product.
Defensive priority
High. CISA lists this CVE in KEV, and the impacted product is end-of-life. Legacy Flash should be treated as urgent cleanup work rather than a normal patching task.
Recommended defensive actions
- Inventory systems for any remaining Adobe Flash Player presence.
- Remove Adobe Flash Player where possible.
- If Flash cannot be removed immediately, disconnect or isolate affected systems from network access.
- Prioritize replacement or migration of any business processes that still depend on Flash.
- Use the official CVE, NVD, and CISA KEV references to confirm scope and remediation status.
Evidence notes
The supplied CISA KEV metadata states: vendorProject Adobe; product Flash Player; vulnerabilityName "Adobe Flash Player ASLR Bypass Vulnerability"; dateAdded 2022-05-25; dueDate 2022-06-15; knownRansomwareCampaignUse Unknown; requiredAction "The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use." The official resource links provided are the CVE.org record, NVD detail page, CISA KEV catalog, and the KEV JSON feed source item. No CVSS score was supplied in the corpus.
Sources and references
Verified primary and authoritative sources
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CVE-2015-0310 CVE Program record
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0310
CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.
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CVE-2015-0310 NVD vulnerability detail
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0310
NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.
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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
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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.