CVE-2018-5002

Adobe Flash Player: Stack-based Buffer Overflow

As of , CVE-2018-5002 in Adobe Flash Player is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 23 May 2022
US federal deadline
13 June 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.25Higher than 97% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.03 on 23 May 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
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 have a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution.

CISA's 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.

The CVE record's description, from adobe

CVE published
9 July 2018
Assigned by
adobe
CVSS
7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-121
Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Flash Player: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2014-0497Integer Underflow VulnerablityAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry0.99
CVE-2010-1297Memory CorruptionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.83; verified Exploit-DB entry0.83
CVE-2011-0609UnspecifiedAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.64; verified Exploit-DB entry0.64
CVE-2012-0754Memory CorruptionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.91; verified Exploit-DB entry0.91
CVE-2015-0311Remote Code ExecutionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.86; verified Exploit-DB entry0.86
CVE-2015-0313Use-After-FreeAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.95; verified Exploit-DB entry0.95
CVE-2015-3113Heap-Based Buffer OverflowAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry0.99
CVE-2015-5122Use-After-FreeAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.94; verified Exploit-DB entry0.94
CVE-2011-0611Remote Code ExecutionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry0.99
CVE-2012-1535Arbitrary Code ExecutionAdobe Flash PlayerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.70; verified Exploit-DB entry0.70

All 33 entries for Flash Player

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