Exploited
CWE
416
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2018-4878: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

First published: Tue Feb 06 2018(Updated: )

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.

Credit: psirt@adobe.com psirt@adobe.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Adobe Flash Player<28.0.0.161
Apple macOS
Linux Linux kernel
Microsoft Windows
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=6.0
Adobe Flash Player<28.0.0.161
Adobe Flash Player<28.0.0.161
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Adobe Flash Player<28.0.0.161
Google Chrome OS
Adobe Flash Player
All of
Any of
Apple macOS
Linux Linux kernel
Microsoft Windows
Adobe Flash Player<28.0.0.161
All of
Any of
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Any of
Adobe Flash Player<28.0.0.161
Adobe Flash Player<28.0.0.161
All of
Any of
Apple macOS
Google Chrome OS
Linux Linux kernel
Microsoft Windows
Adobe Flash Player<28.0.0.161

Remedy

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is CVE-2018-4878?

    CVE-2018-4878 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before version 28.0.0.161.

  • How does CVE-2018-4878 occur?

    CVE-2018-4878 occurs due to a dangling pointer in the Primetime SDK related to media player handling of listener objects.

  • What is the severity of CVE-2018-4878?

    The severity of CVE-2018-4878 is critical with a CVSS score of 9.8.

  • How can CVE-2018-4878 be exploited?

    CVE-2018-4878 can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

  • How can I fix CVE-2018-4878?

    To fix CVE-2018-4878, update Adobe Flash Player to version 28.0.0.161 or later.

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