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ubuntu-cve-2018-5002

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2018-07-09 19:29

Modified

2025-11-20 16:55

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

7.8 (High)


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

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5002	REPORT
	https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018-1827.html	REPORT
	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-p…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5002	REPORT
	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	REPORT

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  "modified": "2025-11-20T16:55:43Z",
  "published": "2018-07-09T19:29:00Z",
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CVE-2018-5002 (GCVE-0-2018-5002)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-09 19:00 – Updated: 2025-11-17 20:15

Summary

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.

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 (v2.0.3)

CWE

Stack-based buffer overflow
CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Assigner

adobe

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041058	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-p…	x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-02	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104412	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions	Affected: Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions

Date Public

2018-07-09 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2018-5002 (GCVE-0-2018-5002)

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature