CVE-2018-15982
Adobe Flash Player: Use-After-Free
As of , CVE-2018-15982 in Adobe Flash Player is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 15 February 2022
- US federal deadline
- 15 August 2022181 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Known
- EPSS score
- 0.90Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.84 on 15 February 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Exploit-DB entry
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Adobe Flash Player com.adobe.tvsdk.mediacore.metadata Use After Free Vulnerability
CISA's 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.
The CVE record's description, from adobe
- CVE published
- 18 January 2019
- Assigned by
- adobe
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-416
- Use After Free
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 46051).
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Exploit-DB: Adobe Flash ActiveX Plugin 28.0.0.137 - Remote Code Execution (PoC)EDB-ID 46051, 24 December 2018
Flash Player: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2014-0497Integer Underflow Vulnerablity | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2010-1297Memory Corruption | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.83; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.83 | ||
| CVE-2011-0609Unspecified | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.64; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.64 | ||
| CVE-2012-0754Memory Corruption | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.91; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.91 | ||
| CVE-2015-0311Remote Code Execution | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.86; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.86 | ||
| CVE-2015-0313Use-After-Free | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.95; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.95 | ||
| CVE-2015-3113Heap-Based Buffer Overflow | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2015-5122Use-After-Free | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.94; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.94 | ||
| CVE-2011-0611Remote Code Execution | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2012-1535Arbitrary Code Execution | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.70; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.70 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org