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Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Adobe - Flash Player · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2022-02-15. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.

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

CVE-2018-15982

HighCVSS 7.8KEV
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
82.46%

100th percentile - higher than 100% of all known CVEs

Summary

Flash Player versions 31.0.0.153 and earlier, and 31.0.0.108 and earlier have a use after free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the browser, potentially leading to system compromise or data theft.

Recommendation

Update Flash Player to the latest available version or remove Flash Player entirely, as it is being deprecated.

Original NVD description (English source)

Flash Player versions 31.0.0.153 and earlier, and 31.0.0.108 and earlier have a use after free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS