PT-2017-1242 · Adobe+3 · Flash Player+3

Published 2017-02-14 · Updated 2022-11-17 · CVE-2017-2994

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/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 related to a use after free vulnerability in the Primetime SDK event dispatch of Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is associated with the use of memory after it has been freed, which can be exploited to achieve remote code execution.

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 a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1172

BDU:2017-00356

CVE-2017-2994

MGASA-2017-0075

RHSA-2017:0526

RHSA-2017_0526

SUSE-SU-2017:0523-1

ZDI-17-110

ZDI-17-287

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Flash Player

Red Hat

Suse

References · 31

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0075 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00356 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0526.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-287 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2994 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:0523-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2994 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2994 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2994 · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-04.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-110 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2994 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0075.html · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-20 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2995 · Note