Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player
CVE-2017-3079
Adobe Flash Player versions 25.0.0.171 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the internal representation of raster data. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.070 (93.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.070 · newest: 0.070 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Flash Player
- Apple Mac OS X
- Google Chrome OS
- Linux Kernel
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows 10
- Microsoft Windows 8.1
- Adobe Flash Player 25.0.0.171 And Earlier. — versions Adobe Flash Player 25.0.0.171 and earlier.
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-17.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99025 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038655 (vdb-entry)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1439 (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-15 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-3079?
- CVE-2017-3079 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-20.
- How severe is CVE-2017-3079?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.