CVE-2018-4878
Adobe Flash Player: Use-After-Free
As of , CVE-2018-4878 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 3 November 2021
- US federal deadline
- 3 May 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
- Not availableCISA listed it before 4 February 2022, where the EPSS files we read begin.
- Public exploit
- 3 Exploit-DB entries
- 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 contains a use-after-free vulnerability that could allow for code execution.
CISA's 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.
The CVE record's description, from adobe
- CVE published
- 6 February 2018
- 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 44745).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 44744).
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 44412).
- 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 < 28.0.0.161 - Use-After-FreeEDB-ID 44412, 6 April 2018
- Exploit-DB: Flash ActiveX 28.0.0.137 - Code Execution (1)EDB-ID 44744, 16 February 2016
- Exploit-DB: Flash ActiveX 28.0.0.137 - Code Execution (2)EDB-ID 44745, 13 February 2016
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