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CVE-2017-11292

69
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11292 is a critical type confusion vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions 27.0.0.159 and earlier, stemming from flawed bytecode verification that allows untrusted values in array index calculations, impacting products from Adobe, Apple, Google, Linux, Microsoft, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it is easily exploitable over a network with user interaction, enabling arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, notably by APT28 and BlackOasis, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, despite a lack of public exploit code on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 27.0.0.159CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 27.0.0.130CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*
<= 27.0.0.130CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:*
<= 27.0.0.159CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 3, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1210 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:27.0.0.170-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-11292Critical

flash-plugin: remote code execution vulnerability (APSB17-32)

Oct 16, 2017

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2899
Third Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb17-32.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201710-22
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101286
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039582
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry