CVE-2018-4877

Publication date 6 February 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161. This vulnerability occurs due to a dangling pointer in the Primetime SDK related to media player's quality of service functionality. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
adobe-flashplugin 17.10 artful
Fixed 1:20180206.1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:20180206.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:20180206.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
flashplugin-nonfree 17.10 artful
Fixed 28.0.0.161ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 28.0.0.161ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 28.0.0.161ubuntu0.14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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