Type confusion in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2018-4920

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Type confusion in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2018-4920

Published: March 13, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11026
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4920
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to type confusion error when processing .swf content. A remote unauthenticated attacker can create a specially crafted .swf file, trick the victim into opening it by visiting a malicious web page and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Windows
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation

How to mitigate CVE-2018-4920

Update to version 29.0.0.113.


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