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CNVD-2018-02962

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2018-02-08

Title

Adobe Flash Player内存错误引用远程代码执行漏洞（CNVD-2018-02962）

Description

Adobe Flash Player是一种广泛使用的、专有的多媒体程序播放器，最初由Macromedia编写，在Macromedia被Adobe收购后由Adobe继续开发并分发。 Adobe Flash Player 28.0.0.137及之前版本存在内存错误引用远程代码执行漏洞。远程用户可在Microsoft Office文档、网页或电子邮件中创建特制Flash内容，当目标用户加载时，会触发释放后重用内存错误并在目标用户的系统上执行任意代码。

Severity

高

Formal description

目前没有详细的解决方案提供： https://www.adobe.com/cn/products/flashplayer.html

Reference

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa18-01.html

Impacted products

Name
Adobe Flash Player <=28.0.0.137

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CVE-2018-4878 (GCVE-0-2018-4878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-06 20:00 – Updated: 2025-11-17 19:33

Summary

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.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-11-17 19:26 UTC

CWE

use-after-free
CWE-416 - Use After Free

Assigner

adobe mitre root Scorecard

References

16 references

URL	Tags
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https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-da…	x_refsource_MISC
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-p…	x_refsource_MISC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018…	x_refsource_MISC
https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/a…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/m…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878	x_refsource_MISC
https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/h…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource
https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196	issue-tracking

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161	Affected: Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161

Date Public

2018-02-06 00:00

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CNVD-2018-02962

CVE-2018-4878 (GCVE-0-2018-4878)

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