CVE-2018-15982

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.896 · 100 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 8 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

89.6% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-02-15remediate by 2022-08-15

required action The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Flash Player versions 31.0.0.153 and earlier, and 31.0.0.108 and earlier have a use after free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedflash-plugin-0:32.0.0.101-1.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3795
Fixedflash-plugin-0:32.0.0.101-1.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3795
Fixedflash-plugin-0:32.0.0.101-1.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3795

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.8–10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416USprimaryCWE-416USCWE-416US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

exploits (8)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-46051Adobe Flash ActiveX Plugin 28.0.0.137 - Remote Code Execution (PoC)PoC · exploit_db
FlatL1neAPT/CVE-2018-15982Flash sources for CVE-2018-15982 used by NKPoC · poc_in_github
Ormicron/CVE-2018-15982_PoCCVE-2018-15982_PoCPoC · poc_in_github
Ridter/CVE-2018-15982_EXPexp of CVE-2018-15982PoC · poc_in_github
SyFi/CVE-2018-15982Flash 2018-15982 UAF PoC · poc_in_github
jas502n/CVE-2018-15982_EXP_IECVE-2018-15982_EXP_IEPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Flash Player≤ 31.0.0.108fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Flash Player≤ 31.0.0.153fstec_bduRU
adobe flash player≤ 31.0.0.153nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player installer≤ 31.0.0.108nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_installer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux workstation= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
flash-plugin-0:32.0.0.101-1.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
flash-plugin-0:32.0.0.101-1.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
flash-plugin-0:32.0.0.101-1.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2018:3795Red Hat Security Advisory: flash-plugin security update2018-12-06csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-01-18modified 2026-08-14

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references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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