Out-of-bounds read in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2018-4871

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Out-of-bounds read in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2018-4871

Published: January 9, 2018 / Updated: January 11, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9894
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-2018-4871
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 error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into loading a specially crafted content gain and access to arbitrary data on the target system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2018-4871

Update to version 28.0.0.137.


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