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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2018-5002 kev in the critical feed json

Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have a Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability.

published 2018-07-09 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-16788

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-05-23
epss
24.4%
EPSS 24.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  • flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 30.0.0.113ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 30.0.0.113ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 30.0.0.113ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5002

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • flash-plugin RHEL 6 EXTRAS 30.0.0.113-1.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1827

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-5002 updated cvss 8.8

flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-19)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 30.0.0.113-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 30.0.0.113-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 30.0.0.113-1.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1827

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. 0-day patched (Project Zero)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-06-13 (4 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Vendor, product
Adobe, Flash Player
CISA name
Adobe Flash Player Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Zero-day

Detected in real attacks while still unknown to the vendor and the public, per Google Project Zero's 0day In-the-Wild tracker.

Patched
2018-06-07
Details
project zero tracker

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
11 mo ago

Exploit prediction

24.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.