CVE-2015-0310: Adobe Flash Player ASLR Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-0310 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. It is known to be exploited: CISA lists it, first on 25-05-2022. EPSS estimates a 15.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 23-01-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 25-05-2022Added to CISA KEVAdobe Flash Player ASLR Bypass Vulnerability
- 15-06-2022CISA remediation dueThe impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
- 17-11-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
15.10%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
97%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 15.10% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs- Added
- 25-05-2022
- Federal due date
- 15-06-2022
CISA required action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0310
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Adobe1 product
- flash_player< 11.2.202.438 | < 13.0.0.262 | ≥ 14.0, < 16.0.0.287
Ubuntu1 product
- flashplugin-nonfree< 11.2.202.429ubuntu0.14.04.1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
13 links- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-02.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-0310Government ResourceUS Government Resource
- github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196Issue Tracking