Use-after-free in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2018-4877

 

Use-after-free in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2018-4877

Published: February 6, 2018 / Updated: February 7, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10387
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4877
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Flash Player

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing .swf files. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-4877

Update to version 28.0.0.161.

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