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CVE-2018-4944

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Published: May 19, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
8.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4944
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/704.html

Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.140 and earlier have an exploitable type confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

Weakness

The product does not correctly convert an object, resource, or structure from one type to a different type.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Flash_player Adobe * 29.0.0.140 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary RedHat flash-plugin-0:29.0.0.171-1.el6_9 *
Adobe-flashplugin Ubuntu artful *
Adobe-flashplugin Ubuntu bionic *
Adobe-flashplugin Ubuntu devel *
Adobe-flashplugin Ubuntu trusty *
Adobe-flashplugin Ubuntu upstream *
Adobe-flashplugin Ubuntu xenial *
Flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu artful *
Flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu bionic *
Flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu devel *
Flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu trusty *
Flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu upstream *
Flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu xenial *

References

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