Out-of-bounds read in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2018-12827

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Out-of-bounds read in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2018-12827

Published: August 14, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14346
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12827
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted .swf and gain access to potentially sensitive information.


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-2018-12827

Update to version 30.0.0.154.

Adobe Flash Player - update to 30.0.0.154

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