How severe is CVE-2018-5002?

CVE-2018-5002 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 25.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2018-5002: Adobe Flash Player Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Adobe Flash Player Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-05-23

Remediation due

2022-06-13

Required action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5002

Description

Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have a Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions	Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions

References

5 Links

Vendor advisories

Vulnerability databases

Other references

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.html

Record Details

Published

2018-07-09

Last updated

2025-11-17

Assigner (CNA)

adobe

Credited to

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