CVE-2018-4945 Memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions

What is CVE-2018-4945?

CVE-2018-4945 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 9 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have a Type Confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

Weakness: CWE-704

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-4945?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2018-4945?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-4945 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-4945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player

• CVE-2017-11292 Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7892 Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7855 Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0497 Adobe Flash Player Integer Underflow Vulnerablity Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-0643 Adobe Flash Player Incorrect Default Permissions Exploited High 8.8

All Adobe Flash Player vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6hqx-c46p-38ww, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-4945.