CVE-2015-0310 is a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player
Published on January 23, 2015
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.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Adobe Flash Player ASLR Bypass Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Adobe Flash Player does not properly restrict discovery of memory addresses, which allows attackers to bypass the address space layout randomization (ASLR) protection mechanism.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by June 15, 2022: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2015-0310 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
CVE-2015-0310 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2015-0310
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Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.