CVE-2017-2937

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-01-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.186 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the ActionScript FileReference class, when using class inheritance. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 24.0.0.186

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0057.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95342
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037570
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-02.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-20
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0057.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95342
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037570
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-02.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-20

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