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FreeBSD: VID-756A8631-0B84-11E8-A986-6451062F0F7A (CVE-2018-4877): Flash Player -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-756A8631-0B84-11E8-A986-6451062F0F7A (CVE-2018-4877): Flash Player -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/31/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/07/2018
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

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's quality of service functionality. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-linux-flashplayer

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