CVE-2017-2992
Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.194 and earlier have an exploitable heap overflow vulnerability when parsing an MP4 header.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.194 and earlier have an exploitable heap overflow vulnerability when parsing an MP4 header. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 32.68% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 21 February 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- adobe/flash player · adobe/flash player desktop runtime
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 32.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0275.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96193Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037815Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-04.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-20Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41420/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0275.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96193Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037815Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-04.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-20Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41420/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.