PT-2017-1240 · Adobe+3 · Flash Player+3

Published 2017-02-15 · Updated 2022-11-17 · CVE-2017-2996

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.194 and earlier

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in memory in the Primetime SDK of the Flash Player platform, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, which can lead to memory damage. This can result in arbitrary code execution, potentially allowing an attacker to gain control over the affected system.

Recommendations For Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.194 and earlier, update to a version later than 24.0.0.194 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about other versions that contain a fix for this issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1172

BDU:2017-00354

CVE-2017-2996

MGASA-2017-0075

RHSA-2017:0275

RHSA-2017_0275

SUSE-SU-2017:0523-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Flash Player

Red Hat

Suse

References · 29

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0075 · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-04.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0275.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0075.html · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2996 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-20 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:0523-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2996 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00354 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037815 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96190 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2995 · Note