Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU6440

Memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2017-3068

Published: May 9, 2017 / Updated: September 14, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU6440

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-2017-3068

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 weakness exists due to boundary error when processing .swf files. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution.

Affected software

Adobe Flash Player
Gentoo Linux
Microsoft Windows
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Windows Server
Gentoo www-plugins/adobe-flash

How to mitigate CVE-2017-3068

Update to version 25.0.0.171.

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

Exploit #1167 - Adobe Flash - AVC Deblocking Out-of-Bounds Read (March 18, 2020)

External References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-15.html