CVE-2010-1297: Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Adobe Flash Player contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Adobe Flash Player contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).
- Who is affected
- Users of Adobe Flash Player.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of Adobe Flash Player.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1297
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2010-1297Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99.6% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2010-1297 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Adobe Flash Player
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2013-0648: Adobe Flash Player Code Execution Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-09-17
- criticalexploitedCVE-2014-0502: Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablitycisa-kev · 2024-09-17
- criticalexploitedCVE-2013-0643: Adobe Flash Player Incorrect Default Permissions Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-09-17
- criticalexploitedCVE-2014-0497: Adobe Flash Player Integer Underflow Vulnerablitycisa-kev · 2024-09-17
- criticalexploitedCVE-2012-5054: Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-06-08
- criticalexploitedCVE-2012-0754: Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-06-08
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