Overview
- 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 handling of listener objects. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution. This was exploited in the wild in January and February 2018.
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 9.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- CRITICAL
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Known exploits
Data from CISA
- Vulnerability name
- Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Exploit added on
- Nov 3, 2021
- Exploit action due
- May 3, 2022
- Required action
- The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-416
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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