UBUNTU-CVE-2018-4878
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-4878, https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html, https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/, https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html, https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/vulnerabilities-and-exploits/north-korean-hackers-allegedly-exploit-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-cve-2018-4878-against-south-korean-targets, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-4878, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Affected packages
Package
Name: flashplugin-nonfree
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
