CVE-2018-5002 KEV
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 25.1% (pctl 98)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-06-13.
Description
Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have a Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 25.06% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-06-13 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-07-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Adobe Flash Player Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2022-05-23 |
| Due | 2022-06-13 |
| Vendor / product | Adobe / Flash Player |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (11)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| adobe | flash player |
| adobe | flash player desktop runtime |
| apple | mac os x |
| chrome os | |
| linux | linux kernel |
| microsoft | windows |
| microsoft | windows 10 |
| microsoft | windows 8.1 |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104412
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041058
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-02
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104412
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041058
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-02
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-5002
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