CVE-2017-11281: adobe flash_player
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-11281 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in adobe flash_player. EPSS estimates a 33.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 01-12-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the text handling function. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. This affects 26.0.0.151 and earlier.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
33.88%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 33.88% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (youtube.com)
Maturity: unknown
Adobe Flash - Out-of-Bounds Memory Read in MP4 Parsing
Maturity: poc
Adobe Flash - Out-of-Bounds Write in MP4 Edge Processing
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat3 products
Adobe1 product
- flash_player≤ 26.0.0.151
Ubuntu1 product
- flashplugin-nonfree< 27.0.0.130ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 27.0.0.130ubuntu0.16.04.1
3 vendors · 5 products
References
11 links- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-28.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory