CVE-2015-0310

Exp

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.

Published: 2015-01-23 Last update: 2026-04-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-0310 is rated Critical Active Threat (90/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.22%, 96th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2022-05-25) affecting Adobe / Flash Player. a weakness (CWE-200) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

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CISA KEV Record for CVE-2015-0310

Name: Adobe Flash Player ASLR Bypass Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2022-05-25

Action due: 2022-06-15

Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-0310

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-16 15.10% 15.22% +0.12%
2 2026-06-15 10.93% 15.10% +4.17%
3 2026-06-12 — 10.93% —

Full EPSS history (29 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-0310

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-0310

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-0310

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2015-0310: 1 GLSA(s) (201502-02), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-0310
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0310
suse high CVE-2015-0310 severity important: SUSE including 7 source package names (flash-player-11.2.202.438-0.3.1, flash-player-11.2.202.438-27.1, …), 11 product×package rows across 5 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, … (5 product lines)): Fixed 11. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0310/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-0310 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 8, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0310

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-0310

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe flash_player < 11.2.202.438 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player < 13.0.0.262 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player >= 14.0, < 16.0.0.287 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-0310

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