CVE-2018-15981

critical

Description

Flash Player versions 31.0.0.148 and earlier have a type confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

From the Tenable Blog

Adobe Issues Out-of-Band Patch for Critical Flash Player Vulnerability (CVE-2018-15981)
Adobe Issues Out-of-Band Patch for Critical Flash Player Vulnerability (CVE-2018-15981)

Published: 2018-11-21

Adobe has released an out-of-band patch for a critical Flash Player vulnerability. Users are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible. Background On November 20, Adobe released APSB18-44, an out-of-band (OOB) security bulletin to address a zero day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions 31.0.0.148 and earlier for Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS.

References

https://www.tenable.com/blog/adobe-issues-out-of-band-patch-for-critical-flash-player-vulnerability-cve-2018-15981

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-44.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3644

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042151

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105964

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-11-29

Updated: 2018-12-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical