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CVE-2017-2988

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.1% 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 memory corruption vulnerability when performing garbage collection. 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/96190
• 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/41421/
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0275.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96190
• 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/41421/

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