Type confusion in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2018-5007

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Type confusion in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2018-5007

Published: July 10, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13624
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-2018-5007
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error when processing .swf files. A remote attacker can us a specially crafted .swf file and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2018-5007

Update to version 30.0.0.134.

Adobe Flash Player - update to 30.0.0.134

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