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CVE-2018-5002: Adobe Flash Player Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-05-23
• EPSS: 25.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-07-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

• Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 29.0.0.171
• Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime: through 29.0.0.171
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

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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