Bug 1541981 (CVE-2018-4877, CVE-2018-4878)

Summary:	CVE-2018-4877 CVE-2018-4878 flash-plugin: use-after-free causing remote code execution (APSB18-03)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	stransky
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Bug Depends On:	1542017, 1542018
Bug Blocks:	1541982

Description Andrej Nemec 2018-02-05 11:05:01 UTC

Adobe Security Advisory APSA18-01 for Adobe Flash Player describes an use-after-free flaw that can possibly lead to code exeucution when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file.

Quoting from the APSA18-01:

Use-after-free 	Remote Code Execution 	Critical 	CVE-2018-4878

Reference:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa18-01.html

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2018-02-05 12:07:17 UTC

Fixed Flash Player version is not yet available.  Quoting from the Adobe Security Bulletin:

Adobe will address this vulnerability in a release planned for the week of February 5.

Comment 3 Tomas Hoger 2018-02-06 20:11:35 UTC

Updated Flash Player version 28.0.0.161 was released today to correct this issue. The update is documented in the Adobe Security Bulletin APSB18-03, which describes one additional use-after-free flaw corrected in the same update:

Use After Free 	Remote Code Execution 	Critical 	CVE-2018-4877

External References:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2018-02-07 17:58:09 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

Via RHSA-2018:0285 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285