CVE-2018-5001

Flash Player Desktop Runtime vulnerability

CVSS

6.5

EPSS

13.3%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have an Out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure.

Affected vendor

Adobe

Affected product

Flash Player Desktop Runtime

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Published

2018-07-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 13.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-5001

Confirm whether Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-5001.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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