⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2022-05-23. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-06-13. Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use..

CVE-2018-5002

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow12 documents11 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
47.1%
top 2.32%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2022-05-23
Due 2022-06-13
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
5
Adobe Flash PlayerAdobe Flash Player Desktop RuntimeRedhat Enterprise Linux Desktop+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 9
KEV addedMay 23
KEV dueJun 13
CISA Required Action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages7 packages

▶CVEListV5adobe_flash_player_29.0.0.171_and_earlier_versionsAdobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions
▶NVDadobe/flash_player29.0.0.171
▶Ubuntuflashplugin-nonfree< 30.0.0.113ubuntu0.14.04.1+2

Patches

Patch: helpx.adobe.com ↗Patch: helpx.adobe.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-3rj8-qvqp-3335: Adobe Flash Player versions 29↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-5002: Adobe Flash Player versions 29↗2018-07-09
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CVEList
CVE-2018-5002: Adobe Flash Player versions 29↗2018-07-09
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VulnCheck
Adobe Flash Player Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability↗2018
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
Adobe Flash Player Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability↗2022-05-23
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Red Hat
flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-19)↗2018-06-07
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

3
Unit42
Slicing and Dicing CVE-2018-5002 Payloads: New CHAINSHOT Malware↗2018-09-06
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Unit42
Slicing and Dicing CVE-2018-5002 Payloads: New CHAINSHOT Malware↗2018-09-06
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Tenable
Adobe Flash Player Has (Another) Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability↗2018-06-07
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5002 flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-19)↗2018-06-07
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