VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2018-5002
Adobe Flash Player Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 25.4%
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
- 25.35% probability · 98th percentile
- 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
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. Refreshed daily.