CVE-2018-5002

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-23. Federal remediation due 2022-06-13.

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

25.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 97.7% 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 2026-06-17.

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

2018-07-09 19:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-17 20:15Z11 MO AGO

Reserved

2018-01-03

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-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

03c91fc8d294c258d7335caf2a3425aa7d80cf4819d5a176c6a61e9e87d13886

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1827https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securitytracker.com1041058http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041058vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201806-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-02vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com104412http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104412vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-5002government-resource
• github.comhttps://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196issue-tracking