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CVE-2018-4871 — An Out-of-bounds Read issue was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28

An Out-of-bounds Read issue was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.137. This vulnerability occurs because of computation that reads data that is past the end of the target buffer. The use of an invalid (out-of-range) pointer offset during access of internal data struc

CVSS
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EPSS
1.88% (top 17.00%)
CWE
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Published
2018-01-09T21:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T05:18:26.579Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

An Out-of-bounds Read issue was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.137. This vulnerability occurs because of computation that reads data that is past the end of the target buffer. The use of an invalid (out-of-range) pointer offset during access of internal data structure fields causes the vulnerability. A successful attack can lead to sensitive data exposure.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.137Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.137

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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