A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161. This vulnerability occurs due to a dangling pointer in the Primetime SDK related to media player handling of listener objects. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution. This was exploited in the wild in January and February 2018.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
7.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CISA KEV
listed 2021-11-03, due 2022-05-03, known ransomware use