# CVE-2018-5002

Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have a Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2018-5002
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-05-23; CISA due date 2022-06-13
- EPSS: 24.44% (percentile 97.9)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-11-17)
- Weakness: CWE-121
- Published: 2018-07-09

## Affected versions

- Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions: affected Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827
- [other] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041058
- [other] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.html
- [advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-02
- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104412
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-5002
- [other] https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196

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