What is CVE-2018-12824?

CVE-2018-12824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2018-12824?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-12824 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Flash Player

CVE-2018-12824

Adobe Flash Player 30.0.0.134 and earlier have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.109 (95.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Adobe Flash_player
Adobe Flash_player_desktop_runtime
Apple Mac_os_x
Google Chrome_os
Linux Linux_kernel
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows_10
Microsoft Windows_8.1
Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 6.0
Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

psirt@adobe.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
psirt@adobe.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12824?: CVE-2018-12824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2018-12824?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12824 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.