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CVE detail

CVE-2018-15981

Flash Player versions 31.0.0.148 and earlier have a type confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS 9.8 · CriticalBuzz score 20.4

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 20.4

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
13.9
3 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
6.5
2 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
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Peak daily
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Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
3 source links · newest first
  • Grab your shovels, dust off the snow blower, and bundle up. The way patches are accumulating this month is making me think of winter in Minnesota. I’m talking about the kind where the snow flurries start and stop so many times over the course of a few weeks, you suddenly realize there is a lot of snow out there! So the question is, do you shovel in small amounts when there are breaks in the … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comDec 7, 2018, 6:30 AM
  • Adobe has released a Flash Player update that plugs a critical vulnerability (CVE-2018-15981) that could lead to remote code execution, and is urging users to implement it as soon as possible. The flaw affects Flash Player 31.0.0.148 and earlier versions on Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS, and details about it are already publicly available, the company warned. About CVE-2018-15981 CVE-2018-15981 was discovered and publicly disclosed by researcher Gil Dabah last week. “The interpreter code … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comNov 21, 2018, 8:30 AM
  • Security updates released on Tuesday by Adobe for Flash Player address a critical vulnerability whose details were disclosed a few days earlier.

    newswww.securityweek.comNov 20, 2018, 4:14 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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