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CVE-2018-4877

flash-plugin: use-after-free causing remote code execution (APSB18-03)

Published Modified CWE 416
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Red Hat. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161. This vulnerability occurs due to a dangling pointer in the Primetime SDK related to media player's quality of service functionality. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
ubuntu 14.04adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree1:20180206.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 and 1 more
ubuntu 16.04adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree1:20180206.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 and 1 more
ubuntu 16.04-ESMflashplugin-nonfree28.0.0.161ubuntu0.16.04.1
ubuntu 17.10adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree1:20180206.1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 and 1 more
Show all 7 entries from 4 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
ubuntu 14.04adobe-flashplugin1:20180206.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04flashplugin-nonfree28.0.0.161ubuntu0.14.04.1
ubuntu 16.04adobe-flashplugin1:20180206.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ubuntu 16.04flashplugin-nonfree28.0.0.161ubuntu0.16.04.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMflashplugin-nonfree28.0.0.161ubuntu0.16.04.1
ubuntu 17.10adobe-flashplugin1:20180206.1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
ubuntu 17.10flashplugin-nonfree28.0.0.161ubuntu0.17.10.1

References

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