CVE-2018-5002
Published 2018-07-09 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source psirt@adobe.com
Summary
CVE-2018-5002 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 23, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 13, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Adobe has 83 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 11 of them linked to ransomware.
All 83 known-exploited Adobe vulnerabilities →Description
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.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Adobe — Flash Player
Name: Adobe Flash Player Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-05-23 · Due: 2022-06-13
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104412
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041058
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-02
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104412
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041058
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827

