CVE-2018-4878
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Feb 6, 2018
- Updated
- Nov 17, 2025
- Reserved
- Jan 3, 2018
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161n/a |
|
References
- http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html
- https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html
- RHSA-2018:0285vendor-advisory
- 1040318vdb-entry
- 102893vdb-entry
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html
- https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign
- https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139
- https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0day
- 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
- https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878
- https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/
- 44412exploit
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-4878government-resource
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196issue-tracking
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