Medium 6.5Published Jul 9, 2018

CVE-2018-5001Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have an Out-of-bounds read vulnerability.

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 1:40 AM ET)

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Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have an Out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-125
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

adobe flash_player_desktop_runtime adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime	through 29.0.0.171	NVD
adobe flash_player adobe:flash_player	through 29.0.0.171; through 29.0.0.171; through 29.0.0.171	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_server redhat:enterprise_linux_server	6.0	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	NVD

References

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104413	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041058	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827	third-party-advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.html	patch, vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-02	third-party-advisory

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