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CVE-2017-2986

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 30.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-02-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.194 and earlier have an exploitable heap overflow vulnerability in the Flash Video (FLV) codec. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 24.0.0.194
• Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime: through 24.0.0.194

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0275.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96193
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037815
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-04.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-20
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41423/
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0275.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96193
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037815
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-04.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-20
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41423/

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