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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-4877

A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 8.35%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161. This vulnerability occurs due to a dangling pointer in the Primetime SDK related to media player's quality of service functionality. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
8.35% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
adobe/flash player · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
Source
psirt@adobe.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.