Buffer over-read in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2018-5008
Published: July 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13623
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5008
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain read access to objects in memory.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error when processing .swf files. A remote attacker can us a specially crafted .swf file to trigger memory corruption and gain access to data, stored in memory.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5008
Update to version 30.0.0.134.