CVE-2018-4944 is a critical type confusion vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.140 and earlier, impacting products across Adobe, Apple, Google, Linux, and Microsoft platforms. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for arbitrary code execution with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild (not in KEV), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its perceived importance, despite a lack of publicly available exploit code in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 29.0.0.140CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 29.0.0.140CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.