February 15, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2018-15982 — Adobe Flash Player
known ransomware use
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-02-15- Federal due date
2022-08-15- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- Flash Player
- EPSS
- 99.8th percentile (score 0.891, as of
2026-09-16) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- 7.8 (HIGH)
- Ransomware use
- Known
- ATT&CK
- T1105 , T1204.002 · signal rollup
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15982
CISA short description
Adobe Flash Player com.adobe.tvsdk.mediacore.metadata Use After Free Vulnerability
Required action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
NVD description
Flash Player versions 31.0.0.153 and earlier, and 31.0.0.108 and earlier have a use after free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.