Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU6200

Memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2017-3061

Published: April 11, 2017 / Updated: September 14, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU6200

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3061

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when handling malicious content. A remote unauthenticated attacker can create a specially crafted SWF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in remote code execution.

Affected software

Adobe Flash Player
Gentoo Linux
Microsoft Windows
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Windows Server

How to mitigate CVE-2017-3061

Update to version 25.0.0.148.

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

Exploit #1154 - Adobe Flash - Margin Handling Heap Corruption (March 18, 2020)

External References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-10.html