CVE-2018-5002 on CISA KEV

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.

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

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

03Notes & references

• access.redhat.com — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041058
• helpx.adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.html
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-02
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104412

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions	Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions

06Detection

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