Adobe Flash Player 30.0.0.113 and earlier versions have a Type Confusion vulnerability.

published 2018-07-20 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-16793

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 17.8%; EPSS 17.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Flash Player 30.0.0.113 and earlier versions have a Type Confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

Patch / fix

distros 1 links 1

flash-plugin RHEL 6 EXTRAS 30.0.0.134-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:2175

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-24.html advisory

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-2018-5007 updated 2026-06-28 cvss 8.8

flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-24)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 30.0.0.134-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 30.0.0.134-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 30.0.0.134-1.el6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2175

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

Exploit prediction

17.79% 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
NVD	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a Adobe Flash Player 30.0.0.113 and earlier versions

Classification

Weakness

CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/flash-player/apsb18-24.html
patch, vendor-advisory
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:2175
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1041248
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/104698
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-5007
NVD CVE-2018-5007

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Summary