CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-4878
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability — Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player contains a use-after-free vulnerability that could allow for code execution.
- Added to KEV
- 2021-11-03
- Remediation due
- 2022-05-03
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Required action
- The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4878
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2018-02-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
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 handling of listener objects. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution. This was exploited in the wild in January and February 2018.
Affected configurations
• adobe flash player (< 28.0.0.161)
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893 Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318 Broken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285 Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0day Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878 Third Party Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html Vendor Advisory
- https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139 Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/vulnerabilities-and-exploits/north-korean-hackers-allegedly-exploit-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-cve-2018-4878-against-south-korean-targets Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893 Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318 Broken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285 Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0day Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878 Third Party Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html Vendor Advisory
- https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139 Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/vulnerabilities-and-exploits/north-korean-hackers-allegedly-exploit-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-cve-2018-4878-against-south-korean-targets Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196 Issue Tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-4878 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource