CVE-2018-4944 (GCVE-0-2018-4944)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-19 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:18
VLAI
Summary
Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.140 and earlier have an exploitable type confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Type Confusion
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104101 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040840 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1367 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-p… x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.140 and earlier versions Affected: Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.140 and earlier versions
Date Public
2018-05-19 00:00
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