CVE-2017-2931

Adobe Flash - Metadata Parsing Out-of-Bounds Read

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.186 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability related to the parsing of SWF metadata. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Las versiones Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 y anteriores tienen una vulnerabilidad de corrupción de memoria explotable relacionado con el análisis de metadatos SWF. Una explotación satisfactoria podría conducir a la ejecución de código arbitrario.

Adobe Flash suffers from an out-of-bounds read in metadata parsing.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-12-02 CVE Reserved
2017-01-11 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
2024-11-03 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95350	Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037570	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41608	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-02.html	2022-11-17

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0057.html	2022-11-17
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-20	2022-11-17
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2931	2017-01-11
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1411929	2017-01-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 24.0.0.186 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 24.0.0.186"	chrome	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 24.0.0.186 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 24.0.0.186"	chrome	Affected	in	Google Search vendor "Google"	Chrome Os Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome Os"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 24.0.0.186 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 24.0.0.186"	chrome	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 24.0.0.186 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 24.0.0.186"	chrome	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 24.0.0.186 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 24.0.0.186"	edge	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 24.0.0.186 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 24.0.0.186"	edge	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows 8.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 8.1"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 24.0.0.186 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 24.0.0.186"	internet_explorer	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 24.0.0.186 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 24.0.0.186"	internet_explorer	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows 8.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 8.1"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 24.0.0.186 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 24.0.0.186"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 24.0.0.186 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 24.0.0.186"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 24.0.0.186 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 24.0.0.186"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe