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CVE-2018-4878Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
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.
7.8 HIGHEPSS 90.28%⚡ Known Exploited (CISA KEV)NVD: Analyzed
Overview
Severity
| Score | Severity | Version | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | HIGH | 3.1NVD | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 7.5 | HIGH | 2.0NVD | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
CISA required action
⚡ Known exploited · remediation due May 3, 2022
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2018-4878
- Status
- Analyzed
- Assigner (CNA)
- adobe
- Published
- Feb 6, 2018
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17 01:59 UTC
- Weaknesses
Affected Products
As published by the CNA in the CVE record.
Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.1611 version range
- Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161
References
- blog.talosintelligence.com http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html
- securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893
- securitytracker.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318
- access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285
- blog.morphisec.com https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign
- github.com https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0day
- github.com https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878
- helpx.adobe.com https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html
- securingtomorrow.mcafee.com https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/
- threatpost.com https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/
- darkreading.com https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139
- exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/
- fireeye.com https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html
- trendmicro.com https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/vulnerabilities-and-exploits/north-korean-hackers-allegedly-exploit-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-cve-2018-4878-against-south-korean-targets
- github.com https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196
- cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-4878