Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability (CVE-2018-15982)
Severity: high · Patch status: unpatched · Since 2022-02-15 · CVE-2018-15982
Adobe Flash Player com.adobe.tvsdk.mediacore.metadata Use After Free Vulnerability. CISA added CVE-2018-15982 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Feb 15, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild. CISA reports known use in ransomware campaigns.
What to do
- The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Aug 15, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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