8.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-4937
Adobe Flash Player Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
Description

Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.113 and earlier have an exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

INFO

Published Date :

May 19, 2018, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:07 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-4937 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_10
2 Microsoft windows_8.1
3 Microsoft windows
1 Adobe flash_player_desktop_runtime
2 Adobe flash_player
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Apple mac_os_x
1 Google chrome_os
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-4937.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103708 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040648 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1119 Third Party Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-08.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-11 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44529/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103708 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040648 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1119 Third Party Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-08.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-11 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44529/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103708
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040648
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1119
    Added Reference https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-08.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-11
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44529/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 18, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103708 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103708 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040648 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040648 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-08.html Vendor Advisory https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-08.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44529/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44529/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Removed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 29.0.0.113 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Removed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:* versions up to (including) 29.0.0.113 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Removed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:* versions up to (including) 29.0.0.113 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Removed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer_11:*:* versions up to (including) 29.0.0.113 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 29.0.0.113 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:* versions up to (including) 29.0.0.113 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:* versions up to (including) 29.0.0.113 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:* versions up to (including) 29.0.0.113 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 07, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-11 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-11 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-11 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103708 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103708 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1119 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1119 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-08.html No Types Assigned https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-08.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44529/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44529/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040648 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040648 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 29.0.0.113 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:* versions up to (including) 29.0.0.113 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:* versions up to (including) 29.0.0.113 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer_11:*:* versions up to (including) 29.0.0.113 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44529/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1119 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040648 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103708 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-4937 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-4937 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

38.17 }} -54.95%

score

0.97235

percentile

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