{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 5 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2018-15982 in the wild since at least 15 Feb 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch. US federal agencies must fix it by 15 Aug 2022.","what":"CVE-2018-15982 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 18 Jan 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-15982 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-15982 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 18 Jan 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2018-15982 in the wild since at least 15 Feb 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.\n\nAffected product: Adobe Flash Player. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15982/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15982/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-15982","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15982/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-15982","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-26v8-ffh8-7vqg","RHSA-2018:3795","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15982"],"analysis":{"component_type":"browser","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Adobe Flash Player","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code via a use-after-free flaw in Adobe Flash Player, requiring users to update the plugin.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"adobe","cpe":[{"product":"flash_player","vendor":"adobe"},{"product":"flash_player_installer","vendor":"adobe"},{"product":"enterprise_linux_desktop","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"enterprise_linux_server","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"enterprise_linux_workstation","vendor":"redhat"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"Flash Player versions 31.0.0.153 and earlier, and 31.0.0.108 and earlier have a use after free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.","ecosystems":["Red Hat:rhel_extras:6"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":1,"first_seen":"2018-12-05","github_poc":7,"max_poc_stars":178,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2018-12-10T04:53:31Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Ridter/CVE-2018-15982_EXP","stars":178,"title":"exp of CVE-2018-15982"},{"date":"2018-12-12T04:07:08Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/scanfsec/CVE-2018-15982","stars":29,"title":"Aggressor Script to launch IE driveby for CVE-2018-15982."},{"date":"2018-12-06T09:24:47Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Ormicron/CVE-2018-15982_PoC","stars":13,"title":"CVE-2018-15982_PoC"},{"date":"2018-12-12T02:41:31Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/jas502n/CVE-2018-15982_EXP_IE","stars":12,"title":"CVE-2018-15982_EXP_IE"},{"date":"2018-12-11T16:31:21Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/kphongagsorn/adobe-flash-cve2018-15982","stars":11,"title":"Script and metasploit module for CVE-2018-15982"},{"date":"2018-12-20T02:40:22Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/SyFi/CVE-2018-15982","stars":5,"title":"Flash 2018-15982 UAF "},{"date":"2018-12-05T23:41:37Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/FlatL1neAPT/CVE-2018-15982","stars":0,"title":"Flash sources for CVE-2018-15982 used by NK"},{"date":"2018-12-24","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"46051","stars":null,"title":"Adobe Flash ActiveX Plugin 28.0.0.137 - Remote Code Execution (PoC)"}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2018-15982","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2022-02-15","dueDate":"2022-08-15","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","product":"Flash Player","requiredAction":"The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.","vendorProject":"Adobe","vulnerabilityName":"Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"adobe:flash_player","products":["adobe:flash_player","redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop","redhat:enterprise_linux_server","redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2018"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-15983"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Red Hat:rhel_extras:6","fixed":["0:32.0.0.101-1.el6_10"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"flash-plugin","purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/flash-plugin","source":"RHSA-2018:3795"}],"prev":{"headline":"Memory corruption in Flash Player","id":"CVE-2018-15981"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2019-01-18","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion","id":"CVE-2017-11292","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2017-10-21"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2016-7892","kev_date_added":"2022-03-25","published":"2016-12-15"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2016-7855","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2016-11-01"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Integer Underflow Vulnerablity","id":"CVE-2014-0497","kev_date_added":"2024-09-17","published":"2014-02-05"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Incorrect Default Permissions","id":"CVE-2013-0643","kev_date_added":"2024-09-17","published":"2013-02-27"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Code Execution","id":"CVE-2013-0648","kev_date_added":"2024-09-17","published":"2013-02-27"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow","id":"CVE-2012-5054","kev_date_added":"2022-06-08","published":"2012-09-24"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"Red Hat","prefix":"RHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-01","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code via a use-after-free flaw in Adobe Flash Player, requiring users to update the plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15982/"}