PT-2018-16700 · Adobe+2 · Flash Player+2

Published 2018-06-07 · Updated 2019-03-07 · CVE-2018-5001

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier

Description The issue is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure if successfully exploited. It affects the BitmapData applyFilter function, potentially allowing remote code execution.

Recommendations For Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier, update to a version later than 29.0.0.171 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about other specific fixes for this vulnerability.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2115

ALT-PU-2018-2414

CVE-2018-5001

MGASA-2018-0286

RHSA-2018:1827

RHSA-2018_1827

ZDI-18-568

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Flash Player

Red Hat

References · 16

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0286 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5001 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0286.html · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-568 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5001 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-02 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5001 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104413 · Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018-1827.html · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23175 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041058 · Note