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CVE-2015-8651 Adobe CVE debrief

CVE-2015-8651 is identified in official records as an Adobe Flash Player integer overflow vulnerability. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-25 and set a remediation due date of 2022-06-15. The key defensive takeaway is that the impacted product is end-of-life, so any remaining use should be treated as a removal/disconnection issue rather than a routine patching task.

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 owners, and application owners responsible for any remaining Adobe Flash Player usage, including legacy systems, browser-based workflows, or embedded dependencies.

Technical summary

The supplied official records describe CVE-2015-8651 as an integer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. The corpus does not provide deeper exploit mechanics or affected version details, but CISA's KEV entry confirms known exploitation and notes that the impacted product is end-of-life. CISA added the entry on 2022-05-25 and assigned a remediation due date of 2022-06-15.

Defensive priority

High — it is a CISA KEV item, and the affected product is end-of-life, so the priority is to disconnect, retire, or replace any remaining exposure as soon as possible.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Inventory all systems and applications that still rely on Adobe Flash Player.
  • Remove, disable, or disconnect Flash Player wherever it is still present; do not depend on patching for an end-of-life product.
  • If immediate removal is not possible, isolate the affected systems and restrict access as a temporary compensating control.
  • Replace Flash-dependent workflows with supported alternatives and verify that browsers, plugins, and legacy application dependencies no longer require Flash.
  • Use the CISA KEV due date as a remediation deadline for tracking and escalation.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based only on the supplied official sources: the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities JSON feed entry, the CISA KEV catalog, and linked official CVE/NVD records. The corpus confirms the vulnerability name, KEV inclusion, dateAdded, dueDate, and the required action that the impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. No additional exploit or version details were inferred.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2015-8651 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8651

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

  • CVE-2015-8651 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8651

    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.