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CVE-2018-15982: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-02-15
• EPSS: 89.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-01-18 · updated 2026-10-01
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Flash Player versions 31.0.0.153 and earlier, and 31.0.0.108 and earlier have a use after free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 31.0.0.153
• Adobe Flash Player Installer: through 31.0.0.108
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106116
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3795
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-42.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46051/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106116
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3795
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-42.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46051/
• https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/195
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-15982

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