CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-5002

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2018-07-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability — Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player have a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution.

Added to KEV
2022-05-23
Remediation due
2022-06-13
Ransomware use
Unknown
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-2018-5002
Status
Analyzed
Published
2018-07-09
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])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-121, 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 configurations

• adobe flash player desktop runtime (<= 29.0.0.171) • adobe flash player (<= 29.0.0.171) • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow weakness
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References