gsd-2018-4878
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
Details
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.
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CVE-2018-4878


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