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Vulnerability · CVE-2018-5002

Adobe Flash Player Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Published Jun 7, 2018 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Flash Player

Patch now

CVE-2018-5002 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 13, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
25.06%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/flash player · cpe adobe/flash player desktop runtime · cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop · cpe redhat/enterprise linux server · cpe redhat/enterprise linux workstation · vendor Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have a Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/flash player desktop runtimeversion unspecified
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop6.0
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux server6.0
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux workstation6.0
  • vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2018-5002

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2018-5002 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 13, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with redhat/enterprise linux desktop 6.0; redhat/enterprise linux server 6.0; redhat/enterprise linux workstation 6.0. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow; CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 25.06%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 9, 2018 · Catalog

    Detected

    Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have a Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

  2. May 23, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  3. Jun 13, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have a Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-5002

    Adobe Flash Player have a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-5002

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-5002

    30-day exploitation probability 25.1%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2018-5002

    Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have a Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-5002

    Adobe Flash Player have a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.