CVE-2018-5002
Adobe Flash Player Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 13 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 25.06% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 23 May 2022 · due 13 June 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-787, CWE-121
- Affected
- adobe/flash player desktop runtime · adobe/flash player · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 25.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5002
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104412Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041058Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827Third Party Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-02Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104412Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041058Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827Third Party Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-02Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196Issue Tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-5002Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.