CVE-2017-11281

Summary

CVECVE-2017-11281
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneradobe
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-01 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionAdobe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-119 | Memory Corruption


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Flash Player All All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player All All All All
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Adobe Flash Player 26.0.0.151 And Earlier Versions affected Adobe Flash Player 26.0.0.151 and earlier versions Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
YouTube af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.youtube.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Adobe Flash Player CVE-2017-11281 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Adobe Flash - Out-of-Bounds Memory Read in MP4 Parsing - Multiple dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Adobe Security Bulletin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 helpx.adobe.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201709-16) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Adobe Flash - Out-of-Bounds Write in MP4 Edge Processing - Multiple dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690313 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for flash player (531aae08-97f0-11e7-aadd-6451062f0f7a)
  • 710478 Gentoo Linux Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201709-16)

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