PT-2017-1251 · Adobe+2 · Flash Player+2

Published 2017-02-15 · Updated 2025-08-05 · CVE-2017-2984

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 heap overflow vulnerability in the h264 decoder routine. This vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution if successfully exploited. The problem is caused by a buffer overflow in memory, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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.

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1172

BDU:2017-00365

CVE-2017-2984

MGASA-2017-0075

RHSA-2017:0275

RHSA-2017_0275

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Flash Player

Red Hat

References · 15

• 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-20 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00365 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2984 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2984 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0075.html · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037815 · Note
• https://twitter.com/InstantSunrise/status/1952547666426233102 · Twitter Post
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96193 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20293 · Note