CVE-2018-15982

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-02-15. Federal remediation due 2022-08-15. Known ransomware campaign use: reported by CISA.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

89.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-01.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-01-18 17:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-01 20:29Z27 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2018-08-28

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

62a3929b157cd9b3a24e56390c824f18762fd04cb80371463fe03eb7147be0d5

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3795https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3795vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-42.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com46051https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46051/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securityfocus.com106116http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106116vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-15982government-resource
• github.comhttps://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/195issue-tracking