CVE-2018-5008 Information disclosure in Adobe Flash Player 30.0.0.113 and earlier versions

What is CVE-2018-5008?

CVE-2018-5008 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 20 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Adobe Flash Player 30.0.0.113 and earlier versions have an Out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5008?

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-2018-5008?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-5008 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5008 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
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Also known as GHSA-mqr4-8jm7-g4jj.