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CVE-2018-4878

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…

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CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.6/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?

Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
Technical severity: CVSS 7.8: +1.17
Fresh EPSS: 90.28%: +0.45

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 9 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

www.trendmicro.com

Press · 05 Nov 2019, 08:00 · New Capesand Exploit Kit Reuses Public Exploits, Tools - www.trendmicro.com

Recorded Future

Press · 19 Mar 2019, 07:00 · Microsoft Targeted by 8 of 10 Top Vulnerabilities in 2018 - Recorded Future

Security Affairs

Press · 14 Jun 2018, 07:00 · Analysis of the evolution of exploit kits in the threat landscape - Security Affairs

Malwarebytes

Press · 15 May 2018, 07:00 · Adobe Reader zero-day discovered alongside Windows vulnerability - Malwarebytes

www.trendmicro.com

Press · 14 Feb 2018, 08:00 · February Patch Tuesday Fixes Privilege Escalation Bugs - www.trendmicro.com

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Malwarebytes

Press · 05 Feb 2018, 08:00 · New Flash Player zero-day comes inside Office document - Malwarebytes

Fossbytes

Press · 03 Feb 2018, 06:36 · Disable Flash Player!! Critical Vulnerability Gives Away Your System Controls - Fossbytes

Google Cloud

Press · 02 Feb 2018, 08:00 · Attacks Leveraging Adobe Zero-Day (CVE-2018-4878) — Threat Attribution, Attack Scenario and Recommendations - Google Cloud

Cisco Talos Blog

Press · 02 Feb 2018, 08:00 · Flash 0-Day In The Wild: Group 123 At The Controls - Cisco Talos Blog

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.6 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 1 repos with metrics

Repository	Stars	Forks	Language	Updated
SyFi/CVE-2018-4878	7	9	Python	03 Sep 2018, 11:41

Public exploit evidence

exploitdb #44412 2018-04-06
exploitdb #44744 2016-02-16
exploitdb #44745 2016-02-13

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: Exploitation recorded
Priority basis: Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7.8; EPSS 90.3%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: local access, no prior privileges, user interaction.
Observed activity: Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:58:00.649680+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

First press mention

02 Feb 2018, 08:00

Published

06 Feb 2018, 20:00

Latest press mention

05 Nov 2019, 08:00

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

03 Nov 2021, 00:00

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:58

PoCs on GitHub

3 repositories