What is CVE-2017-3073?

CVE-2017-3073 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-3073?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Adobe Flash Player

CVE-2017-3073

Adobe Flash Player versions 25.0.0.148 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability when handling multiple mask properties of display objects, aka memory corruption. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.049 (91.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Adobe Flash_player
Adobe Flash_player_desktop_runtime
Apple Mac_os_x
Google Chrome_os
Linux Linux_kernel
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows_10
Microsoft Windows_8.1
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 6.0
Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@adobe.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
psirt@adobe.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-3073?: CVE-2017-3073 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-3073?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.