PT-2017-1245 · Adobe+3 · Flash Player+3

Published 2017-02-15 · Updated 2025-08-05 · CVE-2017-2991

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 related to a memory corruption vulnerability in the h264 codec, specifically tied to decompression. This vulnerability can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution. The cause is an out-of-bounds memory operation in the codec, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, resulting in memory damage.

Recommendations For Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.194 and earlier, consider disabling the h264 codec temporarily until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1172

BDU:2017-00359

CVE-2017-2991

MGASA-2017-0075

RHSA-2017:0275

RHSA-2017_0275

SUSE-SU-2017:0523-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Flash Player

Red Hat

Suse

References · 30

• 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://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2991 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2991 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0075.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2991 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2991 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2991 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-20 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00359 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:0523-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037815 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96190 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2995 · Note