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CVE-2017-3106 in the critical feed json

Adobe Flash Player versions 26.0.0.137 and earlier have an exploitable type confusion vulnerability when parsing SWF files.

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-12247

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
22.3%
EPSS 22.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Adobe Flash Player versions 26.0.0.137 and earlier have an exploitable type confusion vulnerability when parsing SWF files. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Patch / fix

  • flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 26.0.0.151ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 26.0.0.151ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3106

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • flash-plugin RHEL 6 EXTRAS 26.0.0.151-1.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:2457

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-3106 updated cvss 8.8

flash-plugin: Remote Code Execution due to Type Confusion issue fixed in APSB17-23

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 26.0.0.151-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 26.0.0.151-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 26.0.0.151-1.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2457

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-42480)

Exploit prediction

22.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42480 Adobe Flash - Invoke Accesses Trait Out-of-Bounds dos, 2017-08-17

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Adobe Systems Incorporated Flash Player

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

References

Sources

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